Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hilversum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
hil-ver-sum
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does hilversum mean?
A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
Where does hilversum come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce hilversum

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