Doorwerth
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Doord (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as dorenweerd in 1280. Compound of doorn (“thorn, thorn bush”) and weerd (“land next to water, riverine island”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːr.ʋɛrt/
- Hyphenation: Door‧werth
Proper noun
Doorwerth n
- A village and former municipality of Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Doorwerther
- Doorwerths
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN