Aerdenhout

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Aerden-hout in 1517-1524. Compound of an unclear first element and hout (“rising deciduous forest”). A local etymology holds that the first element is derived from ander (“other”) (as opposed to Haarlemmerhout), but there are no old attestations which confirm this derivation.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Aer‧den‧hout

Proper noun

Aerdenhout n

1. A village in Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Aerdenhouter
• Aerdenhouts

References

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