De Westen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as uuemminge in 918-948. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from Old Frisian Wemme (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi- or from a term meaning "poor soil". The toponym was gradually reinterpreted to westen (“west”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də ˈʋɛs.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: De Wes‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛstən

Proper noun

De Westen n

  1. a hamlet in Texel, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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