Jannendorp

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Jannendorp in 1936. Compound of an unclear first element and dorp (“village, settlement”). The first element may be dialectal jannen (“chestnut, Castanea sativa”) used in a perjorative sense to refer to the perceived poverty of the settlement's inhabitants. Compare Musschendorp.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Jan‧nen‧dorp

Proper noun edit

Jannendorp n

A hamlet in Leusden, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

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