Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as op hendijck [read: hemdijck] in 1452. Compound of either West Frisian hem (inland polder) or ham (alluvial land in the bend of a river) and dijk (levee).

See also West Frisian Himdyk.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛm.dɛi̯k/
  • Hyphenation: Hem‧dijk

Proper noun edit

Hemdijk n

  1. A neighbourhood of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References edit

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