Schermer
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as skirmere in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of Old Dutch scir (“bright, whitish”) and mere (“lake”). The municipality was named after a polder which was created when the lake of the same name was drained.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Scher‧mer
Proper noun
Schermer n
- A former municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands.