Kinderdijk

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as den Kinderdijck in 1573-1576. Equivalent to kind +‎ -er- +‎ dijk. The settlement was named for a levee constructed by the children of the lord of Giessen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn.dərˌdɛi̯k/
Hyphenation: Kin‧der‧dijk

Proper noun

Kinderdijk n

A village in Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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