Oppenhuizen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as upmahusum and upmanhusum in the 13th century. Derived from a compound of Old Frisian upman (“inhabitant of an upstream area, inhabitant of an elevated area”) and the plural form of hūs (“house”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier variant of the Frisian name.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.pə(n)ˌɦœy̯.zə(n)/
Hyphenation: Op‧pen‧hui‧zen

Proper noun edit

Oppenhuizen n

A village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References edit

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