Gnephoek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as gnepwich in 1233. Potentially a compound of a term cognate to Old English genip (“fog, mist”) or Old Norse gnípa (“leaning rock-face”) and hoek (“corner, sharp bend”). The second element was initially Middle Dutch wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Gnep‧hoek

Proper noun

Gnephoek n

1. A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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