Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as abbenkerke around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch Abbe (a personal name) and kerk (church).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Ab‧be‧kerk

Proper noun edit

Abbekerk n

  1. A village and former municipality of Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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