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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as nye delfsterhuisen and olde delfsterhuisen in 1408. Borrowed from a compound of West Frisian delf (“dug watercourse”) and the plural form of hûs (“house”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛlf.straːˌɦœy̯.zə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Delf‧stra‧hui‧zen
Proper noun
Delfstrahuizen n
- A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN