Gendt

Meaning

a city and former municipality of Lingewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands

Concepts

Gendt

Synonyms

Gent

Translations

Gent

Gand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣɛnt/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: gandr

In summary

First attested as in gannite in 790-793. Etymology uncertain. Proposed derivations from Proto-Germanic *ganda- (“wide, widened”), *gan-ita (“confluence of two rivers”) or from a term cognate to Old Norse gandr (“straight current”) are not backed up by the oldest attestations of the toponym. Compare Gent.