Zwavertshoek
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as swafering in 1385. Compound of a toponym derived from Old Dutch Swafhere (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing- and hoek (“isolated place”). Named after a former farm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋaː.vərtsˌɦuk/
- Hyphenation: Zwa‧verts‧hoek
Proper noun
Zwavertshoek n
- A neighbourhood of Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “zwavertshoek”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN