Het Woud

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as wymnemmerwalt around the end of the 11th century. Derived from Old Dutch walt (“marsh forest, swamp forest”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Het Woud

Proper noun

Het Woud n

1. A hamlet in Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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