Butterhuizen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Butter Huysen in 1631. Compound of a dialectal form of boter (“butter”) and the plural form of huis (“house”). Named after a nearby ditch.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: But‧ter‧hui‧zen

Proper noun edit

Butterhuizen n

A neighbourhood of Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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