• enter

Enter (plural Enters)

1. The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
2. A stroke of the Enter key.

• entre, rente, terne, treen

First attested with certainty as entheren in 1188. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch ened (“duck”) and *heri (“sandy ridge”). A derivation from Middle Dutch *enet (“lonely place, hermitage”) is also possible. Compare Eynatten.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.tər/
• Hyphenation: En‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛntər
• Homophone: enter

Enter n

1. a village in Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands

• Enternaar
• Enters
• Enterbroek

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN