Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

van buren

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
van bu-ren
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Dutch.

Etymology

Dutch and Jewish surname, from van + several places in the Netherlands (such as Buren in Gelderland) containing the Middle Dutch word buur (“house, shed”), which is also related to buur (“neighbor”).

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Questions

What does van buren mean?
A surname from Dutch.
Where does van buren come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce van buren

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