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Schaephuysen.

A village, officially a quarter of Rheurdt, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

12 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

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name/ʃa(ː)pˈhyːzən/
  1. A village, officially a quarter of Rheurdt, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

From Dutch schaap (“sheep”) + huizen (“home”). The spelling uy for /yː/ is one of the typically Dutch spellings found (in Germany) only in the Lower Rhine region; compare Broekhuysen. The spelling ae for /aː/ also occurs elsewhere (e.g. Raesfeld, Bad Laer).

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