Waddinxveen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Waddinxveen.

Proper noun

Waddinxveen

  1. A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Waddingsveen (archaic)

Etymology

First attested as waddinxuene in 1233. From Middle Dutch waddinsvene, potentially a compound of a hydronym derived from wadde (“ford, fordable stretch of a watercourse”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing- and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʋɑ.dɪŋ(k)sˈfeːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Wad‧dinx‧veen
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Proper noun

Waddinxveen n

  1. a town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands
    Meronym: Noordeinde

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “waddinxveen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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