Nigtevecht

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as nichtevecht in 1280-1287. Compound of Old Dutch niftar (“behind, back”) and the hydronym Vecht.

Compare Niftrik.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Nig‧te‧vecht

Proper noun

Nigtevecht n

1. A village and former municipality of Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Nigtevechter
• Nigtevechts

References

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