Hekelingen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hekelinghe in 1285. Likely derived from Middle Dutch *hekel (“hill, elevated land”) or *heukel suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: He‧ke‧lin‧gen

Proper noun

Hekelingen n

1. A village and former municipality of Nissewaard, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Hekelinger
• Hekelings

References

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