Waterkant

Waterkant

Dutch

Etymology

• (Noord-Brabant) Attested as Waterkant in 1899. Compound of water (“water”) and kant (“side, edge”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Zeekant.
• (Zuid-Holland) Compound of water (“water”) and kant (“side, edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.tərˌkɑnt/
• Hyphenation: Wa‧ter‧kant

Proper noun

Waterkant n

1. A hamlet in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “waterkant”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German, corresponding to Wasser +‎ Kante, literally “water edge”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːtɐ.kant/

• Audio

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Proper noun

die Waterkant f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive derWaterkant)

1. (humorous) Synonym of Nordseeküste (“North Sea coast”)
   • 1995, “Nordisch By Nature”, in Auf einem Auge blöd, performed by Fettes Brot:

     Eißfeld von der Waterkant / Schickt seine Disco-Vibrations übers ganze Land

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Declension of Waterkant [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	die	Waterkant
genitive	der	Waterkant
dative	der	Waterkant
accusative	die	Waterkant

Derived terms

• Waterkantgate

Further reading

• “Waterkant” in Duden online
• “Waterkant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache