Hemdijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as op hendijck [read: hemdijck] in 1452. Compound of either West Frisian hem (“inland polder”) or ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”) and dijk (“levee”).

See also West Frisian Himdyk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛm.dɛi̯k/
• Hyphenation: Hem‧dijk

Proper noun

Hemdijk n

1. A neighbourhood of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

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