Het Fetlaer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Fittelaar, Fetlaar, Fettelaar, Fitlaar and Vittelaar in the 19th century. Compound of dialectal vitte (“pin, mold”) and laar (“intensively cultivated forest”). Named after a former farmstead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛt ˈfɛt.laːr/
• Hyphenation: Het Fet‧laer

Proper noun

Het Fetlaar n

1. A neighbourhood of Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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