Schieven

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as scheuen in 1460, attested with certainty as Schieven in 1866. Likely a compound of an inflected form of scheef (“bent, crooked”) and ven (“small pool, fen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsxi.vɛn/
  • Hyphenation: Schie‧ven

Proper noun

Schieven n

  1. A hamlet in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

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