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, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Noordse Buurt
• Noordse Dorp

References

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