Finkeburen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Finkeburen in 1851-1855. Calque of West Frisian Finkebuorren, a compound of either Finke (a personal name), vinke (“poor-quality turf”) or fink (“common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs”) and the plural form of buer (“house, cottage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɪŋ.kəˈbyː.rə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Fin‧ke‧bu‧ren
• Rhymes: -yːrən

Proper noun

Finkeburen n

1. A hamlet in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands

References

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