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Schieven.

a hamlet in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands

8 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈsxi.vɛn/
  1. a hamlet in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

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”).

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