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dykstra

/dˈaɪkstɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
dyk-stra
IPA
/dˈaɪkstɹə/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from West Frisian Dykstra or Dutch Dijkstra, a topographic surname from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Dykstras (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce dykstra?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈaɪkstɹə/.
What does dykstra mean?
A surname.
Where does dykstra come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce dykstra

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