gehucht

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ghehochte, ghehuchte, from Old Dutch *gihufti. Ultimately a combination of ge- + hof + -te. Compare German Gehöft, which is perhaps of Dutch origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈɦʏxt/
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧hucht
  • Rhymes: -ʏxt

Noun

gehucht n (plural gehuchten, diminutive gehuchtje n)

  1. hamlet; a tiny settlement, often without a church
    • 1637 January 19, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, "861 Aen Zijne Hooghejt", in H.W van Tricht (ed.), De briefwisseling van P.C. Hooft, vol. 2, Tjeenk Willink (publ., 1977), page 914, lines 5 to 8.
      [] De Bijlmer is een gehucht oft gebujrte behoorende, als een lidt van Weesperkerspel, onder 't Castelajnschap van Mujden ende Baljuwschap van Goejlandt, ende paelende aen zeker Meerken genaemt de Bijlmermeer.
      [] The Bijlmer is a hamlet or small community belonging, as a member of Weesperkerspel, under the castellany of Muiden and the bailiwick of Gooiland, and bordering on a certain small lake called the Bijlmermeer.
    Synonym: vlek

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