Usquert

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as uuiscuuyrð in 840-849. Compound of an unclear first element and Old Frisian uurð (“artificial mound used for habitation”). The first element may be wisch (“low-lying pasture which floods in winter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʏs.kʋərt/
  • Hyphenation: Us‧quert

Proper noun

Usquert n

  1. a village and former municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands

References

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