De Snipperij
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as (De) Snipperij in 1866. Derived from Snip (“a surname”) or Dutch Low Saxon sniep (“piece of lands that tapers to a sharp point”) suffixed with -erij.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də ˌsnɪ.pəˈrɛi̯/
- Hyphenation: De Snip‧pe‧rij
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
Proper noun
De Snipperij n
- A hamlet in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN