Kerschoten

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Kerschoten at the end of the 18th century. Compound of kerk (“church”) and plural schot (“enclosed space, fenced territory”). The second -k- in kerk was dropped at some point in time.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛrˌsxoː.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Ker‧scho‧ten

Proper noun

Kerschoten n

  1. A neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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