Zuid-Scharwoude

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Suiskerwou (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as sudrekercha in 1094. Compound of zuid (“south-”), the toponym Schoorl and Old Dutch walt (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). The settlement was initially called Sudrekercha, a compound of sūthar (“southern, south-”) and kirika (“church”). The element zuid was added to distinguish the settlement from Noord-Scharwoude.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Zuid-‧Schar‧wou‧de

Proper noun

Zuid-Scharwoude n

1. A village and former municipality of Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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