Antwerpen

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (neuter) Antwerp (the largest city and provincial capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium)
2. (neuter) Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium)

Sinonieme

Antwaarp

Vertalings

Anvers

Antwerp

Amberes

Antuérpia

Antwerpen

Anversa

Anvers

Anvers

Antverpia

Antuuerpia

Αμβέρσα

province d’Anvers

Antorf

Provinz Antwerpen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɑntˌʋɛr.pə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch Antwerpen, apparently from Medieval Latin Antwerpo, which, if of Germanic origin, like Frankish or Old Frisian, could be from Proto-West Germanic *anda- (“against”) + a noun derived from *werpan (“to throw”), meaning something like "land thrown up at something, "alluvial deposit."
Folk etymology derived it from handwerpen (“hand-throwing”), from hand + werpen, referring to a giant in Flemish legend named Antigoon, said to sever and fling the hands of any boatmen of the Scheldt who did not pay his toll. More at Antwerp.