Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as rinighem around the end of the 11th century. Compound of Old Frisian Rinne (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi- and hēm (home, settlement).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Rin‧ne‧gom

Proper noun edit

Rinnegom n

  1. A hamlet in Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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