Het Oostrik

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Oesterick around 1602. Derived from a contracted compound of ooster (“eastern, east-”) and wijk (“village, settlement”). Originally the name of a farm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɦɛt ˈoːs.trɪk/
Hyphenation: Het Oos‧trik

Proper noun

Het Oost rik n

A neighbourhood of Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References

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