't Sempke

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as Sempke in 1841. Potentially derived from dialectal sompke (“small trench-shaped pool in a marsh”) or semp (“charlock mustard, Sinapis arvensis”). Originally the name of a duck decoy.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ət ˈsɛmp.kə/
Hyphenation: 't Semp‧ke
Rhymes: -ɛmpkə

Proper noun edit

't Sempke n

A neighbourhood of Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

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