Hofstad

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔf.stɑt/
• Hyphenation: Hof‧stad

Etymology 1

Compound of hof (“court”) +‎ stad (“city”). Named after the Binnenhof, which originally was the seat of the Counts of Holland and now houses the Dutch parliament.

Proper noun

Hofstad f

1. (always with definite article) The Hague

   Synonym: Den Haag

   De Hofstad met haar grote Indische gemeenschap was de belangrijkste scene van de indorock.

   The Hague, with its large community of Indo descent, was the most important scene of Indo rock.

Derived terms

• Hofstadgroep

Etymology 2

• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Hofstad in 1838-1857. Derived from hofstad (“farmstead, homestead”).
• (Utrecht) Derived from the toponym Westrummerhofstad (a former village), a compound of the toponym Westrum (derived in turn from Middle Dutch wester (“western, west-”) and heem (“home, settlement”)) and hovestat (“homestead”). As the neighbourhood is located in the southeast of Houten, it was decided to drop the element Westrummer.

Proper noun

Hofstad n

1. A neighbourhood of Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “hofstad”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN