Wiktionary

Kuipersveer

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Kuypersveer in 1715. Compound of kuiper (“cooper”) and veer (“ferry, crossing”). The first ferryman was a cooper.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Kui‧pers‧veer

Proper noun edit

Kuipersveer n

  1. A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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