Diemerbroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as in der modre broic in 1280-1287. Compound of an unclear first element and Middle Dutch broec (“marsh, marshland”). One reading interprets the first element as a compound of Middle Dutch dier (“animal”) or dier (“dear, precious”) and an otherwise unknown variant of modder (“mud”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Die‧mer‧broek

Proper noun

Diemerbroek n

1. A hamlet in Oudewater, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “diemerbroek”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN