Zwijndrecht

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as suindrecht in 1280-1287. Likely a compound of Old Dutch swin (“gully, creek”) and dreht (“ferry, watercourse”) (see -drecht). The first element was gradually reinterpreted to zwijn (“boar”). Compare Barendrecht and Ossendrecht.

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: Zwijn‧drecht

Proper noun

Zwijndrecht n

  1. A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
    Meronyms: Achter-Lindt, Heerjansdam, Kijfhoek, Kleine-Lindt

Derived terms
  • Zwijndrechter
  • Zwijndrechts

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “zwijndrecht”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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