Nieuwerhoek

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Nieuwehoek in 1839-1859. Compound of an inflected form of nieuw (“new”) and hoek (“corner”). The settlement was founded by the Van Hoek family of Amsterdam. The element nieuw was added to avoid confusion with two now-disappeared settlements.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Nieu‧wer‧hoek

Proper noun

Nieuwerhoek n

A hamlet in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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