Legemeer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as nouimeis in the 13th century. Borrowed from West Frisian Legemar, a compound of leech (“low”) and mar (“lake”). The village was formerly located next to a marshland which may have held the body of water the toponym derives from.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɣəˌmeːr/
• Hyphenation: Le‧ge‧meer

Proper noun

Legemeer n

1. A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

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