Houthuizen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Potentially attested as holzhusen in the second half of the 8th century, attested with certainty as houthusen in 1262. Compound of hout (“rising deciduous forest”) and the dative plural form of huis (“home”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɦɑu̯tˈɦœy̯.zə(n)/
Hyphenation: Hout‧hui‧zen
Rhymes: -œy̯zən

Proper noun edit

Houthuizen n

A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN