Kerschoten
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Kerschoten at the end of the 18th century. Compound of kerk (“church”) and plural schot (“enclosed space, fenced territory”). The second -k- in kerk was dropped at some point in time.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛrˌsxoː.tə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Ker‧scho‧ten
Proper noun
Kerschoten n
- A neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “kerschoten”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN