heuvel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoevel, huevel, hovel, huffel, from Old Dutch huvil, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz. Cognate with Middle Low German hovel, Old High German hubil, Middle High German hübel, dialectal German Hübel, Luxembourgish Hiwwel. More distantly related to Old Saxon hobar, Old High German hovar, Old English hovar as well as Old English hȳf (modern English hive).

Potential wider cognates include Lithuanian kupra, kupstas, kaupas, Polish kupa.

Compare heup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦøː.vəl/

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• Hyphenation: heu‧vel
• Rhymes: -øːvəl
• Homophone: Heuvel

Noun

heuvel m (plural heuvels, diminutive heuveltje n)

1. hill

   Synonyms: hoogte, verhevenheid

Derived terms

- general:

• heuvelachtig
• heuvelhelling
• heuvelig
• heuvelrug
• heuveltop
• termietenheuvel
• vluchtheuvel
• zandheuvel

 

- toponyms:

• Beekheuvel
• Biezenheuvel
• De Heuvel
• De Heuvels
• Eikenheuvel
• Evenheuvel
• Heide-Heuvel
• Hengstheuvel
• Heuvel
• Heuvelberg
• Heuvelland
• Heuvelstraat
• Heuveltje
• Kaatsheuvel
• Koerheuvel
• Lagenheuvel
• Lennisheuvel
• Lensheuvel
• Lindenheuvel
• Mostheuvel
• Scherpenheuvel
• Schotsheuvel
• Siemkensheuvel
• Speelheuvel
• Zandheuvel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: heuwel