Hordijkerveld
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as hordijk in 1446. Compound of the toponym Hordijk (potentially derived from a compound of Middle Dutch horn (“corner, sharp bend”) and dyc (“levee”) or, alternatively, from *hordendijk (“levee reinforced with osier screens”)) and veld (“field”). Hordijk was an independent hamlet before being absorbed by Rotterdam.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Hor‧dij‧ker‧veld
Proper noun
Hordijkerveld n
- A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hordijkerveld”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN