Durgerdam
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ydoringherdam in 1344. Compound of the toponym IJdoorn (a polder) suffixed with the collectivising suffix Middle Dutch -ing- and dam (“dam”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Dur‧ger‧dam
Proper noun
Durgerdam n
- A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Durgerdammer
- Durgerdams
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “durgerdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN