Kleine-Lindt

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as de Kleine-Lindt in 1846. Compound of klein (“small”) and a toponym potentially derived from a hydronym (derived in turn from Proto-Germanic *linþja- (“flow slowly, flow softly”) or, alternatively, from a term cognate to Old High German lentî (“landing”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Klei‧ne-‧Lindt

Proper noun

Kleine-Lindt n

  1. a hamlet in Zwijndrecht, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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