Opwetten

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as wetheen in 1312-1350. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps a compound of op (“upper, upstream”) and Middle Dutch wette (“watering place for cattle”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Nederwetten.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔpˈʋɛ.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Op‧wet‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛtən

Proper noun

Opwetten n

  1. A hamlet in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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