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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ghehochte, ghehuchte, from Old Dutch *gihufti. Ultimately a combination of ge- + hof + -te. Compare German Gehöft, which is perhaps of Dutch origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈɦʏxt/
- Hyphenation: ge‧hucht
- Rhymes: -ʏxt
Noun
gehucht n (plural gehuchten, diminutive gehuchtje n)
- hamlet; a tiny settlement, often without a church
- 1637 January 19, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, "861 Aen Zijne Hooghejt", in H.W van Tricht (ed.), De briefwisseling van P.C. Hooft, vol. 2, Tjeenk Willink (publ., 1977), page 914, lines 5 to 8.
[…] De Bijlmer is een gehucht oft gebujrte behoorende, als een lidt van Weesperkerspel, onder 't Castelajnschap van Mujden ende Baljuwschap van Goejlandt, ende paelende aen zeker Meerken genaemt de Bijlmermeer.- The Bijlmer is a hamlet or small community belonging, as a member of Weesperkerspel, under the castellany of Muiden and the bailiwick of Gooiland, and bordering on a certain small lake called the Bijlmermeer.
- Synonym: vlek
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