Tienhoven aan de Lek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as thienhoeuen and thienhouen in 1253. Compound of Middle Dutch tien (“ten”) and the plural form of hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size”). The identifier aan de Lek ("on the Lek") was added in 2019 to avoid confusion with Tienhoven near Vianen.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Tien‧ho‧ven aan de Lek

Proper noun

Tienhoven aan de Lek n

1. A village and former municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Tienhovenaar
• Tienhovens

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “tienhoven”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN