Stoof
Dutch
Etymology
- (Noord-Brabant) Attested as De Stooue in 1565. Derived from stoof (“drying oven”). The name references the presence of an oven for drying madder.
- (Zuid-Holland) Derived from stoof (“drying oven”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stoːf/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Stoof
- Rhymes: -oːf
- Homophone: stoof
Proper noun
Stoof n
- A hamlet in Halderberge, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “stoof”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN