Spierdijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Spierdoik (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as spierdijck in 1365. Compound of Middle Dutch spier (“long, tough rhizome of a rush”) and dyc (“levee”). Compare Stoppeldijk.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Spier‧dijk

Proper noun

Spierdijk n

1. a village in Koggenland, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Noord-Spierdijk
• Zuid-Spierdijk

References

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