Muiden

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as amuthon in 918-948. Derived from a compound of Old Dutch ā (“watercourse, river”) and the dative plural form of Old Dutch *mūtha (“mouth”) (a variant with Ingvaeonic loss of the nasal before a dental with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel; contrast "standard" Istvaeonic munt) or of Old Frisian mūtha (“mouth”); this latter element (modern Dutch muide) referring to its location at the mouth of the Vecht river, with the dative being used as a dative of location. The first element was gradually lost.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Mui‧den

Proper noun

Muiden n

1. a city and former municipality of Gooise Meren, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Muidenaar
• Muider
• Muiderberg

References

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