Hazerswoude-Rijndijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hadewartswoude and hadewertswoude in 1280-1287. Compound of Middle Dutch Hadewart (“a personal name”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). The compound element Rijndijk (derived from the hydronym Rijn and dijk (“levee”)) was added at a later date to distinguish the settlement from Hazerswoude-Dorp.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ha‧zers‧wou‧de-‧Rijn‧dijk

Proper noun

Hazerswoude-Rijndijk n

1. A village in Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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