De Birkt

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as in der birket in 1388. Derived from a variant of Middle Dutch berk (“birch, Betula sp.”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -t.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: De Birkt

Proper noun

De Birkt n

1. A hamlet in Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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