Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ouderkerken in 1308. Compound of an inflected form of Middle Dutch out (“old”) and kerk (“church”), with the hydronym Amstel added as an identifier.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ou‧der‧kerk aan de Am‧stel

Proper noun

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel n

  1. a village in Ouder-Amstel, North Holland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “ouderkerk aan de amstel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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