Wolferen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Potentially attested as uulfrum in 875, attested with certainty as inter uulfaram and vulfaram towards the end of the 11th century. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch wulf (“wolf, Canis lupus”) and hara (“sandy ridge”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Wolferen n
- A hamlet in Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Categories:
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔlfərən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔlfərən/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Gelderland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Gelderland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands