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Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as curtenvene in 1156, attested with certainty as curtenhoven in 1235. Compound of Middle Dutch cort (“short”) and huue (“plot of land of a certain size”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Kor‧ten‧hoef
Proper noun
Kortenhoef n
- A village and former municipality of Wijdemeren, North Holland, Netherlands
- Synonym: Turfendonk (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kortenhoef”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN