What is "berendrecht"

Berendrecht is a village in Antwerp province in Belgium. Its name means " dike of the bear", according to the area's dialect, or "dike of a man called Bear", or "passage by the marsh". But drecht or tricht means "ferry" or "crossing" (from Latin trajectus), and ber or bere in Indo-European means " dam", "defence against water" (compare Slavic East Germany): the resulting meaning is "river crossing at a dam".

The Berendrecht Lock is the world's largest lock, giving entrance to the Port of Antwerp.