Nieuwerhoek

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Nieuwehoek in 1839-1859. Compound of an inflected form of nieuw (“new”) and hoek (“corner”). The settlement was founded by the Van Hoek family of Amsterdam. The element nieuw was added to avoid confusion with two now-disappeared settlements.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Nieu‧wer‧hoek

Proper noun edit

Nieuwerhoek n

A hamlet in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

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