Kortenhoef

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Potentially attested as curtenvene in 1156, attested with certainty as curtenhoven in 1235. Compound of Middle Dutch cort (“short”) and huue (“plot of land of a certain size”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Kor‧ten‧hoef

Proper noun edit

Kortenhoef n

A village and former municipality of Wijdemeren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Synonym: Turfendonk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms edit

References edit

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