Zouteveen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as soutenvene and zoutenvene in 1280-1287. Compound of Middle Dutch sout (“salt”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”). The toponym probably refers to a marsh occasionally flooded by the sea.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Zou‧te‧veen

Proper noun

Zouteveen n

1. A hamlet and former municipality of Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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