Meerveldhoven

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as in uilla martfelde in 765-779, attested with certainty as maruilde in 815-816. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch *marthu (“marten, Martes sp.”) and veld (“field”). The first element was later reinterpreted as meer (“lake, pool”), and the dative plural form of hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size”) was added by analogy with Veldhoven.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːr.vɛltˌɦoː.və(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Meer‧veld‧ho‧ven

Proper noun

Meerveldhoven n

  1. A neighbourhood of Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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