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terp.

artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɛrp/
  1. artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from West Frisian terp, from Old Frisian therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorp.

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