Nederwetten
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Wette (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as nederwetten in 1485-1486. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps a compound of neder (“lower, downstream”) and Middle Dutch wette (“watering place for cattle”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Opwetten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌneː.dərˈʋɛ.tə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Ne‧der‧wet‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɛtən
Proper noun
Nederwetten n
- A village in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Nederwettenaar
- Nederwettens
- Nederwetten en Eckart
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN