Arensgenhout

First attested as dat dorpe 't gene hoit in 1381. Compound of a dialectal form of Arnold (a personal name), the definite article ge and hout (“rising deciduous forest”). The personal name was added at a later date to distinguish the settlement from Kleingenhout.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.rə(n)s.ɣə(n)ˌɦɑu̯t/
• Hyphenation: Ar‧ens‧gen‧hout

Arensgenhout n

1. A village in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands

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