Buitenpost
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Potentially attested as post in 1388, attested with certainty as uetpost in 1418. Calque of West Frisian Bûtenpost, a compound of Old Frisian buta (“outer, seaward”) and post (“simple bridge, gangboard across a ditch”). The element buiten was added to distinguish the settlement from Lutkepost.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈbœy̯.tə(n)ˌpɔst/ (incorrect, common)
- IPA(key): /ˌbœy̯.tə(n)ˈpɔst/ (correct, rare)
- Hyphenation: Bui‧ten‧post
- Rhymes: -ɔst
Proper noun[edit]
Buitenpost n
- A village and former municipality of Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands.
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Categories:
- Dutch terms calqued from West Frisian
- Dutch terms derived from West Frisian
- Dutch terms derived from Old Frisian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔst
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔst/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands