Before revision: Westerkoog (Dithmarschen): typical koog landscape Etymology In its original German form of Kog the word meant " high land in front of the dyke ".
After revision: Westerkoog (Dithmarschen): typical koog landscape Etymology Unlike the modern German meaning, Ingvaeonic *kāg, Old Dutch *kōg, as well as the modern Dutch word koog and West Frisian Dutch kaag designate(d) " land outside the dike ".