Diessen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Diêse (dialect form)

Etymology

Potentially attested as Deusone in 380, attested with certainty as diesne in 712. Derived from the dative plural form of the hydronym Dieze, which may derive from a term cognate to Old High German dôsôn (“bubble, effervesce”), for which see modern German tosen (“to rage”). Compare Deest, Diest and Duisburg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.sə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Dies‧sen
• Rhymes: -isən

Proper noun

Diessen n

1. A village and former municipality of Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Stopnaoldenrijk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Diessenaar
• Diessens

References

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