In 2005 "
Doodstil" was honoured to have the most beautiful village name in the Netherlands. It can be translated literally as 'dead-still' or 'mouse-still.
Doodstil is a hamlet with about 100 inhabitants in the Groninger region Hogeland.
The name however relates most likely to a (man's) first name
Doode or
Doede, and '
til' is an old Dutch name for the 'bridge'. So '
Doodstil' means in fact 'Bridge of Doode', and it's a modest one too as you can see on the photo.
Oh wow, Marleen, That name suits the peaceful looking village you depict in your post. IT's spelled exactly the same in Afrikaans and means the same. Greetings Jo
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGoed dat je een uitleg geeft, ik zou geen geluid durven maken daar...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAlles en niets.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGosto deste olhar e pormenor.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenUm abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
It's certainly one of the few that a non-Dutch speaker could try to pronounce with some confidence. We do have a place called Mousehole down in Cornwall.
BeantwoordenVerwijderen...looks like a beautiful village to me.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt looks like a fine and very calm neighbourhood.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt looks beautiful! So often small towns like this are abandoned and left to rot and that become messy. It looks like the people who live here work hard to keep the town looking good.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHa Marleen, lijkt me een goede naam voor het dorp, zo te zien is het er erg rustig en landelijk, behalve als de trein passeert, hihi.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGroet kees.
What a very pretty village, nice and peaceful.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenA pretty place to live in!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSuch a beautiful little village! Interesting about the name.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVery nice photos Marlene.