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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as cortenhover around 1343. Compound of Middle Dutch cort (“short”) and oever (“bank”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to the plural form of hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Kor‧ten‧hoe‧ven
Proper noun
Kortenhoeven n
- A hamlet in Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kortenhoeven”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN