Kortenhoef

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as curtenvene in 1156, attested with certainty as curtenhoven in 1235. Compound of Middle Dutch cort (“short”) and huue (“plot of land of a certain size”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Kor‧ten‧hoef

Proper noun

Kortenhoef n

  1. A village and former municipality of Wijdemeren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
    Synonym: Turfendonk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms
  • Kortenhoever
  • Kortenhoefs

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