Winschoten

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as winsewida in the 13th century, attested with certainty as windschoter in 1391. Compound of Old Dutch Windo (“a personal name”) and kot (“cottage, shack, small farm”).

See also Dutch Low Saxon Winschoot.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɪnˌsxoː.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Win‧scho‧ten

Proper noun

Winschoten n

  1. A city and former municipality of Oldambt, Groningen, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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