Teeffelen

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Tiffele (dialect form), Teffele (dialect form)

Etymology edit

First attested as tefle in 1302. Potentially related to tafel (“table”) or Latin tabula (“table”); both terms have interpretations ranging from "table for exchanging money" and "market stall" to "moveable altar" or "square plot of land".

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈteː.fə.lə(n)/
Hyphenation: Teef‧fe‧len
Rhymes: -eːfələn

Proper noun edit

Teeffelen n

A village in Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

Oijen en Teeffelen

References edit

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