Hindeloopen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hitinkufe and hintinlvofe around 822-825. Derived from a compound of Old Frisian hinda (“hind, female deer”) and hlop (“jump, leap”), apparently referring to a lower section of fencing which deer could jump over. The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an older version of the Frisian name. Compare Hindlip.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪn.dəˌloː.pə(n)/
Hyphenation: Hin‧de‧loo‧pen

Proper noun

Hindeloopen n

A city and former municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

References

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