Pijnacker

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as pinacker in 1222. Compound of Middle Dutch pine (“punishment, hard labour”) and acker (“farmland”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛi̯ˌnɑ.kər/
Hyphenation: Pijn‧ac‧ker

Proper noun

Pijnacker n

A village and former municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Pijnackernaar
Pijnackers
Pijnacker-Nootdorp

References

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

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