Kerschoten

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Kerschoten at the end of the 18th century. Compound of kerk (“church”) and plural schot (“enclosed space, fenced territory”). The second -k- in kerk was dropped at some point in time.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrˌsxoː.tə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Ker‧scho‧ten

Proper noun

Kerschoten n

1. A neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

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