De Weed
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as die weed in 1417. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from dialectal weed (“land located outside of a levee”), Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) or wede (“woad, Isatis tinctoria”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: De Weed
Proper noun
edit- A hamlet in Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.