Pijnacker

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as pinacker in 1222. Compound of Middle Dutch pine (“punishment, hard labour”) and acker (“farmland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛi̯ˌnɑ.kər/
• Hyphenation: Pijn‧ac‧ker

Proper noun

Pijnacker n

1. A village and former municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Pijnackernaar
• Pijnackers
• Pijnacker-Nootdorp

References

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