Schieven

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as scheuen in 1460, attested with certainty as Schieven in 1866. Likely a compound of an inflected form of scheef (“bent, crooked”) and ven (“small pool, fen”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsxi.vɛn/
Hyphenation: Schie‧ven

Proper noun

Schieven n

A hamlet in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands

References

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