Spangen

See also: spången

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as spange in 1325. Derived from the hydronym Spange, of unknown etymology. Not derived from Middle Dutch Spaengen (“Spain”). Compare Spanbroek, Spang, Spanga and Spannum.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Span‧gen

Proper noun edit

Spangen n

A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aŋn̩

Noun edit

Spangen f

plural of Spange