Waterkant
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
- (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 edit
Proper noun edit
Waterkant n
- A hamlet in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- A neighbourhood of Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Low German, corresponding to Wasser + Kante, literally “water edge”.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
die Waterkant f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Waterkant)
- (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 quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Waterkant [sg-only, feminine]