Durgerdam

Dutch

Zicht op een deel van Durgerdam.

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

1. A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Durgerdammer
• Durgerdams

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “durgerdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Further reading

• Durgerdam on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl