Heeg
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Heeg.
Proper noun[edit]
Heeg (plural Heegs)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Heeg is the 38050th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 583 individuals. Heeg is most common among White (97.6%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heeg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested with certainty as hagakerke in 1245. Borrowed from West Frisian Heech, derived in turn from a compound of Proto-Germanic *hagan (“bush, hedge”) and kerk (“church”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Heeg n
- A village and former municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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- Dutch terms borrowed from West Frisian
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːx
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːx/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
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- nl:Villages in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands