het Bildt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch het Bildt.

Proper noun

het Bildt

  1. A former municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as een wtlant, gheheten bil, dat aengheworpen is buten dycs in 1398. Derived from Old Frisian bil (“alluvial land, low-lying pasture next to a watercourse”) with epenthetic -t.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: het‧Bildt

Proper noun

het Bildt n

  1. het Bildt (a former municipality of Friesland, Netherlands)

Descendants

  • → English: het Bildt
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