Petten

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as pathem [read: puthem] in 918-948. Compound of a variant of Old Dutch put (“well”) and hēm (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Pet‧ten

Proper noun

Petten n

  1. A village and former municipality of Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Pettenaar
  • Pettens

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “petten”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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