Ankeveen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as tankenveen in 1344. Compound of Middle Dutch Tanke (a personal name) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”). The initial T- gradually came to be seen as the preposition te (“at”) and was dropped.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: An‧ke‧veen

Proper noun

Ankeveen n

1. A village and former municipality of Wijdemeren, North Holland, Netherlands

   Synonym: Schuimlikkerveen (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Ankevener
• Ankeveens

References

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