Biert

See also: Bièrt

English

Proper noun

Biert (plural Bierts)

1. A surname from Dutch.
2. A village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France
3. A hamlet and former municipality of Nissewaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Biert”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158.
• Forebears

Dutch

Etymology

(former municipality): Attested in 1570. Likely derived from bier (“manure, mud which looks like manure”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -t.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Biert
• Homophone: biert

Proper noun

Biert n

1. Biert (a hamlet and former municipality of Nissewaard, South Holland, Netherlands)
2. Biert (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)
3. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Biert

References

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Bièrt. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Proper noun

Biert m

1. Biert (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)

   Holonym: Massatois

   Meronyms: Agnet, Ardelles, Carabas, Chicot, Granet, Joulieu

2. Biert (a hamlet and former municipality of Nissewaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands).

Derived terms

• biertois
• Biertois

 

Descendants

• → English: Biert

Further reading

• Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019