Oerle

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (Veldhoven) Oewrs (dialect form)

Etymology

• (Veldhoven) First attested as oerle in 1249. Compound of Old Dutch or (“sand mixed with gravel”) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Oirschot and Olen.
• (Tilburg) First attested as een stede gheheyten oerle in 1418. Compound of Old Dutch or (“sand mixed with gravel”) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Oirschot and Olen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːr.lə/
• Hyphenation: Oer‧le

Proper noun

Oerle n

1. A village and former municipality of Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
3. Oreye, a town in Belgium.

Derived terms

• Oerlenaar
• Oerles
• Zandoerle

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN