Uthwerdum is an

East Frisia East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia and to the ...

n village in

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. It is an ''

Ortsteil A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located ...

'' of the municipality of

Südbrookmerland Südbrookmerland is a municipality in the Aurich (district), district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km west of Aurich. Its seat is in the village Victorbur. Subdivisions Südbrookmerland is divided into ...

, located east of Moordorf. Administratively, the Ortsteil of Uthwerdum includes the settlements of Abelitz, Georgsheil, Uthwerdum, and Victorburer Marsch. Uthwerdum was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the municipality of Südbrookmerland on 1 July 1972.

Etymology

Uthwerdum was first mentioned in 1476 as ''to Uthwerdum''. Later, it was recorded as ''Uthwehrum'' (end of the 17th century) and ''Uthwerdum'' (1871). The name is to be interpreted as the

Old Frisian Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the late 13th century and the end of 16th century. It is the common ancestor of all the modern Frisian languages except for the North Frisian language#Insular North Frisian, Insular North ...

dative In grammar, the dative case (abbreviated , or sometimes when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, as in "", Latin for "Maria gave Jacob a drink". In this exampl ...

plural form ''ut-werum'', i.e. "(at the) outermost (distant)

weir A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...

s". Other sources believe that the name is to be interpreted as the Old Frisian dative plural form of '' werf'', "elevation" or "dwelling", with the loss of the ''f'' (or ''v''), although this sound development is atypical for the area.

References

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