Sloten

See also: sloten

Dutch

Etymology

• (Friesland) First attested as sloten in 1384. Calque of Old Frisian slāt (“ditch, dug watercourse”) in the dative plural form. See also West Frisian Sleat.
• (Noord-Holland) First attested as sloton in the first half of the 11th century. Derived from the dative plural form of the hydronym Slote, derived in turn from Old Dutch slōt (“ditch, dug watercourse”). Formerly an independent village.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsloː.tə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Slo‧ten
• Rhymes: -oːtən
• Homophone: sloten

Proper noun

Sloten n

1. A city and former municipality of De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
2. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Nieuw Sloten
• Sloterdijk
• Slotermeer
• Slotervaart

References

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