Meerveldhoven

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as in uilla martfelde in 765-779, attested with certainty as maruilde in 815-816. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch *marthu (“marten, Martes sp.”) and veld (“field”). The first element was later reinterpreted as meer (“lake, pool”), and the dative plural form of hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size”) was added by analogy with Veldhoven.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmeːr.vɛltˌɦoː.və(n)/
Hyphenation: Meer‧veld‧ho‧ven

Proper noun

Meerveldhoven n

A neighbourhood of Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Derived terms

Veldhoven en Meerveldhoven

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN