Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

hoeven

English translation:

farms, farmsteads, farmhouses

Added to glossary by Pamela Downes-Grainger
May 19, 2022 07:34
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Dutch term

hoeven

Dutch to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters In an urban planning text
This is taken from an article about urban planning. I'm not sure what hoeven means in this context.

Het bewoningsbeeld van de andere dorpen bestaat uit kerndorpen met lintbebouwing langs de uitwegen en hoeven verspreid in de omgeving.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 farms, farmsteads, farmhouses
Change log

May 19, 2022 09:48: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "urban planning text"

May 19, 2022 09:48: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "urban planning text" to "In an urban planning text"

Discussion

Steve Robbie May 19, 2022:
@Marjolein. OK!
Marjolein Snippe May 19, 2022:
farmhouses Perhaps better "farmhouses" as the word does not refer to the farm as a company, but rather the building(s).
Marjolein Snippe May 19, 2022:
Absolutely - it is the plural form of "hoeve". (Words like "hoeve" have two plural forms: hoeves/hoeven; both are correct.)
Van Dale: hoe·ve (de; v(m); meervoud: hoeven) (formeel) 1. boerderij
https://www.encyclo.nl/begrip/hoeve

@Steve, do you want to suggest this as an answer? You have my vote :)
Steve Robbie May 19, 2022:
hoeves - farms?

Proposed translations

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farms, farmsteads, farmhouses

hoe·ve (de; v(m); meervoud: hoeven) (formeel)
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boerderij

https://www.vandale.nl/gratis-woordenboek/nederlands/beteken...
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : oeuf corse. Check any Nl-En dictionary, if one has to look
26 mins
agree philgoddard : The first Google hit gives the answer.
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agree Cillie Swart : Yes Definitely. Thanks !!
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agree Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
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agree Marjolein Snippe
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Van Dale:

hoeve (de)
• farm(stead)
• (alleen woning van hoeve) farmhouse
• homestead
• (in Noord-Amerika) ranch
• (haciënda) hacienda
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