bakhuis

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑk.ɦœy̯s/
• Hyphenation: bak‧huis

From Middle Dutch bakhuus (13th century). By surface analysis, bakken (“to bake”) +‎ huis (“house”).

bakhuis n (plural bakhuizen, diminutive bakhuisje n)

1. bakery
2. separate building with an oven for baking bread and such, belonging to a house or farm; private bakery

• bakkerij

16th century, equivalent to bak (“chin, cheek”) +‎ huis (“house, encasing”).

It is debated to what degree this formation originated as a pun on etymology 1 above. Compare Ripuarian Backes (“bakery” and “well-fed, chubby-faced child”). The earliest Dutch attestations have no such connotation, but this does not rule out the pun as such.

bakhuis n (plural bakhuizen, diminutive bakhuisje n)

1. (dated) alternative spelling of bakkes

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