Uitweg

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as viam que dicitur vtweg around 1165-1169. Derived from Middle Dutch uteweg (“exit road, road which leads to a plot of farmland”). Originally the name of a road.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Uit‧weg

Proper noun

Uitweg n

  1. A village in Lopik, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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