Aagtdorp

Dutch

Alternative forms

Ees'trup (dialect form), Eechtrip (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as ekthorp in 1215-1226. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch eggh (“corner, boundary”) and dorp (“farmstead, village, secondary settlement”). The first element is unlikely to be a personal name or dialectal aagt (“low-lying pasture”). Compare Bregtdorp.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Aagt‧dorp

Proper noun

Aagtdorp n

A village in Bergen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “aagtdorp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN