Zunderdorp

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as zosenerdorp in 1342, attested with certainty as sunderdorp in 1371. If the oldest attestation refers to the current settlement, a derivation from an otherwise unknown toponym *Zosen and Middle Dutch dorp (“farmstead, village, settlement”) is possible. *Zosen may derive in turn from the dative plural form of an ancient hydronym. If only the later attestations refer to the current settlement, a derivation from a compound of Middle Dutch zonder (“separate, split-off”) and dorp is possible. Compare for the potential older attestations Soest and for the younger attestations Zonderwijk.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Zun‧der‧dorp

Proper noun

Zunderdorp n

A village in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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