Kerkrade

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ad ecclesiam in predio quod est Rode in 1108. Compound of kerk (“church”) and rode (“land cleared of trees”) (from Middle Dutch rods, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *ruddjan (“to clear”)).

See also Central Franconian Kirchroa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrkˌraː.də/

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• Hyphenation: Kerk‧ra‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛrkraːdə

Proper noun

Kerkrade n

1. A city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.

   Meronyms: Eygelshoven, Ham

Derived terms

• Kerkradenaar
• Kerkraads

References

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

German

Alternative forms

• Kirchrath (still often in the border region, otherwise archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kerkrade. The alternative second-syllable stress is by analogy with German placenames in -rade, -rode, which are often (though not always) stressed on the suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrkˌraːdə/, /kɛrkˈraːdə/, [kɛʁk-], [kɛɐ̯k-], [-ʁaːdə]

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Proper noun

Kerkrade n (proper noun, genitive Kerkrades or (optionally with an article) Kerkrade)

1. Kerkrade (a city in the Netherlands, on the German border)