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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as scarpenes in 1204. Compound of either Middle Dutch scharp (“sharp, pointed”) or Scarpe (a personal name) and nesse (“headland, spit”).
See also Zealandic Schaerpenisse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsxɛr.pəˈnɪ.sə/
- Hyphenation: Scher‧pe‧nis‧se
- Rhymes: -ɪsə
Proper noun
Scherpenisse n
- A village and former municipality of Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “scherpenisse”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN