Schottershuizen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Schotters Huysen in 1811-1813. Compound of a variant of dialectal schutter (“somebody who finds wandering cattle for a reward”) and the plural form of huis (“house”).

See also Dutch Low Saxon Schotterhuze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxɔ.tərsˌɦœy̯.zə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Schot‧ters‧hui‧zen

Proper noun

Schottershuizen n

1. A hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN