Hunnerberg

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Het Valkhof op den Hoenderberg in 1725. Etymology uncertain. Proposed derivations from Latin hunaria (“court of a hundred”), Old Dutch hunderi (“hundred, shire”) or hun (“giant”) are all dubious due to a paucity of old attestations. Compare Huinen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦʏ.nərˌbɛrx/
• Hyphenation: Hun‧ner‧berg
• Rhymes: -ɛrx

Proper noun

Hunnerberg n

1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

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