Krabbendam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as crabbendamme in 1413-1414. Potentially formed analogously to krabbendijk (“sea defence consisting of wooden poles located in front of the main levee”). Compare Krabbendijke.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Krab‧ben‧dam

Proper noun

Krabbendam n

A village in Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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