Dijk

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Limburg) Derived from dijk (“levee”).
  • (Asten) First attested as Den Dijk in 1899. Derived from dijk (“levee”).
  • (Meierijstad) First attested as Dijk in 1867. Derived from dijk (“levee”), here potentially used in a dialectal sense to refer to a raised road.

The surname derives from one of the senses of dijk or from one of several toponyms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛi̯k/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Dijk
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k
  • Homophone: dijk

Proper noun

Dijk

  1. a hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
  2. a hamlet in Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands
  3. a hamlet in Meierijstad, North Brabant, Netherlands
  4. a surname

References

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