Warken

See also: warken

Dutch

Etymology

First attested with certainty as warken in 1416. Etymology unknown. A variety of derivations have been proposed: from Middle Dutch vorewerc (“farm belonging to a manor or monastery”), from werk (“fortification”), or from Old Dutch Waro (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-. None of these proposals match well with the earliest attestations of the toponym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑr.kə(n)/
• Hyphenation: War‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɑrkən

Proper noun

Warken n

1. A hamlet in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German Low German

Noun

Warken

1. plural of Wark