Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as inter domos que dicuntur venehus et pathhus in 1276. Compound of either Middle Dutch pade (swamp) or pad (path) and huis (house). Compare Paddepoel, Peize and Pesse.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Padhuus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑtˌɦœy̯s/
  • Hyphenation: Pad‧huis

Proper noun edit

Padhuis n

  1. A hamlet in Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands.

References edit

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