Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as disterdorp in 1462. Potentially a compound of a term related to distel (thistle) or dissel (adze) and Middle Dutch dorp (farmstead, village, settlement).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Dus‧sel‧dorp

Proper noun edit

Dusseldorp n

  1. A village in Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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