Biert

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Biert in 1570. Likely derived from bier (“manure, mud which looks like manure”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -t.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Biert
  • Homophone: biert

Proper noun

Biert n

  1. A hamlet and former municipality of Nissewaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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