Didam
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Diem (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as diedehun in 1025. Compound of Old Dutch Diede (“a personal name”) and heem (“home, settlement”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to dam (“dam”). Compare Zeddam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈdɑm/
- Hyphenation: Di‧dam
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Proper noun
Didam n
- A town and former municipality of Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Didammer
- Diems
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “didam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN