Noorden

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as oerde in 1395-1396. Derived from the dative singular form of Middle Dutch ort (“place protruding into or bordering water”). The initial N- is the result of a contraction of an inflected form of the article de (“the”) into the toponym.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Noor‧den
  • Homophone: noorden

Proper noun

Noorden n

  1. A village in Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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