Schapenbout

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Schapenbout in 1840. Compound of the plural form of schaap (“sheep”) and dialectal bout (“remaining section of a collapsed or destroyed levee”). Named for the fact that the inhabitants of the settlement took their sheep to pasture on the remains of the levee.

See also Zealandic Schaopenbout.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsxaː.pə(n)ˌbɑu̯t/
  • Hyphenation: Scha‧pen‧bout

Proper noun

Schapenbout n

  1. A hamlet in Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

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