Teeffelen

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Tiffele (dialect form), Teffele (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as tefle in 1302. Potentially related to tafel (“table”) or Latin tabula (“table”); both terms have interpretations ranging from "table for exchanging money" and "market stall" to "moveable altar" or "square plot of land".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈteː.fə.lə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Teef‧fe‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːfələn

Proper noun

Teeffelen n

  1. A village in Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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