Streefkerk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as streveland in 1280. Compound of Middle Dutch streven (“battle, fight”) or strevich (“resistant, unwilling”) and lant (“land, polderland”). The second element was gradually replaced by kerk (“church”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Streef‧kerk

Proper noun

Streefkerk n

1. A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Streefkerker
• Streefkerks

References

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