De Hoef

• (Utrecht) First attested as De Hoeff in 1639. Derived from hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).
• (Eersel) First attested as De Hoeven in 1838-1857. Derived from hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).
• (Land van Cuijk) First attested as De Hoeven in 1838-1857. Derived from hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).
• (Reusel-De Mierden) First attested as De Hoeven in 1838-1857. Derived from hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).
• (Someren) Derived from hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).
• (Waalwijk) Derived from hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).
• (Noord-Holland) First attested as Hoeff in 1665. Likely derived from the hydronym Hoefvaart, named after Egmond aan den Hoef.

• IPA^(key): /də ˈɦuf/
• Hyphenation: De Hoef
• Rhymes: -uf

De Hoef n

1. A village in De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet m, an Eersel in Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
3. A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
4. A hamlet in Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
5. A hamlet in Someren, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
6. A neighbourhood of Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
7. A neighbourhood of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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