Scherpenisse

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scarpenes in 1204. Compound of either Middle Dutch scharp (“sharp, pointed”) or Scarpe (“a personal name”) and nesse (“headland, spit”).

See also Zealandic Schaerpenisse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsxɛr.pəˈnɪ.sə/
• Hyphenation: Scher‧pe‧nis‧se
• Rhymes: -ɪsə

Proper noun

Scherpenisse n

1. A village and former municipality of Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Scherpenissenaar
• Scherpenisses

References

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