Boskoop

English

Proper noun

Boskoop

1. A village and former municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Belle de Boskoop

Further reading

• Boskoop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as buckescop in 1222. Compound of Middle Dutch Bucke (“a personal name”) or Bocke and cope (“land purchase, concession”).

Compare Benschop, Galecop, Gerverscop, Gieltjesdorp, Hei- en Boeicop, Hekendorp, Hoenkoop, Laag-Nieuwkoop, Middelkoop, Nieuwkoop, Nijeberkoop, Oldeberkoop, Oukoop, Overboeicop, Overheicop, Papekop, Reijerscop, Teckop, Vriezekoop, Willeskop, Elskop, Francop, Grevenkop, Heringskoop, Ladekop, Lüderskoop, Neuenkoop, Nincop and Roßkopp.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bos‧koop

Proper noun

Boskoop n

1. A village and former municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Kwakveen (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Boskoper
• Boskoops
• Laag Boskoop

References

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

German

Alternative forms

• Boskop

Etymology

Short form of the marketing name “Schöner aus Boskoop”, after the Dutch town Boskoop where it was first cultivated.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bos‧koop

Noun

Boskoop m (strong, genitive Boskoops, plural Boskoop)

1. Belle de Boskoop (apple cultivar)

   Synonyms: Goldrenette, (obsolete) Renette von Montfort

   Hypernym: Renette

Usage notes

Duden recommends the spelling Boskop but Boskoop is still widely used.

Declension

Declension of Boskoop [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Boskoop	die	Boskoop
genitive	eines	des	Boskoops	der	Boskoop
dative	einem	dem	Boskoop	den	Boskoop
accusative	einen	den	Boskoop	die	Boskoop

Further reading

• “Boskoop” in Duden online
• Schöner aus Boskoop on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Belle de Boskoop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia