Tijertshoek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as dat tije in 1493. Compound of a toponym composed of Middle Dutch tië (“public meeting place in a village, place where law is spoken”) and either Ard (“a personal name”) or the personifying suffix -aard and hoek (“isolated place”). Named after a former farm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛi̯.ərtsˌɦuk/
• Hyphenation: Tij‧erts‧hoek

Proper noun

Tijertshoek n

1. A neighbourhood of Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References

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