Kortenhoef

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as curtenvene in 1156, attested with certainty as curtenhoven in 1235. Compound of Middle Dutch cort (“short”) and huue (“plot of land of a certain size”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Kor‧ten‧hoef

Proper noun

Kortenhoef n

1. A village and former municipality of Wijdemeren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Turfendonk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Kortenhoever
• Kortenhoefs

References

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