De Schenge

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as De Schengen in 1838-1857. Derived from an ancient hydronym, which may in turn derive from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“bent, sideways”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də ˈsxɛ.ŋə/
• Hyphenation: De Schen‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɛŋə

Proper noun

De Schenge n

1. A neighbourhood of Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands

References

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