Stoof

Dutch

Etymology

• (Noord-Brabant) Attested as De Stooue in 1565. Derived from stoof (“drying oven”). The name references the presence of an oven for drying madder.
• (Zuid-Holland) Derived from stoof (“drying oven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stoːf/

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• Hyphenation: Stoof
• Rhymes: -oːf
• Homophone: stoof

Proper noun

Stoof n

1. A hamlet in Halderberge, North Brabant, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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