Oosteind
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (village near Oosterhout) Destèènd (dialect form)
Etymology
- (Oosterhout) Attested as Opt d'Oisteynde in 1590. Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”) and eind (“end, edge”).
- (Waalwijk) Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”) and eind (“end, edge”).
- (Zuid-Holland) Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”) and eind (“end, edge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoːst.ɛi̯nt/
- Hyphenation: Oost‧eind
Proper noun
Oosteind n
- A village in Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Uilendonck (Carnival nickname)
- A hamlet in Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “oosteind”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN