Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as abbenstade around 1180. Compound of Old Dutch Abbe (a personal name) and statho (bank, landing place). Compare Abbestede.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑb.steː.də/
  • Hyphenation: Ab‧ste‧de

Proper noun edit

Abstede n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “abstede”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN