Teeffelen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Tiffele (dialect form), Teffele (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as tefle in 1302. Potentially related to tafel (“table”) or Latin tabula (“table”); both terms have interpretations ranging from "table for exchanging money" and "market stall" to "moveable altar" or "square plot of land".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.fə.lə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Teef‧fe‧len
• Rhymes: -eːfələn

Proper noun

Teeffelen n

1. A village in Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Oijen en Teeffelen

References

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