Lutten-Oever

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as OEVER (KLEINE) in 1846. Compound of dialectal lutten (“small, little”) and oever (“riverside”). The settlement was named for its location on the banks of the Reest. The element lutten was added to distinguish the settlement from Groot-Oever.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlʏ.tə(n) ˈu.vər/
Hyphenation: Lut‧ten-‧Oe‧ver
Rhymes: -uvər

Proper noun

Lutten-Oever n

A hamlet in Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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