Zwavertshoek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as swafering in 1385. Compound of a toponym derived from Old Dutch Swafhere (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing- and hoek (“isolated place”). Named after a former farm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzʋaː.vərtsˌɦuk/
Hyphenation: Zwa‧verts‧hoek

Proper noun

Zwavertshoek n

A neighbourhood of Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References

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