Nieuwveen

Dutch

Etymology

• (village) First attested as nuenvene in 1316. Compound of Middle Dutch niuw (“new, freshly cultivated”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).
• (former municipality) Compound of nieuw (“new”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”). Named after a former fiefdom.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Nieuw‧veen

Proper noun

Nieuwveen n

1. A village and former municipality of Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
2. A former municipality of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Nieuwvener
• Nieuwveens

References

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