Ospel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Ospel in 1612 and 1621. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of old attestations. Potentially a compound of a variant of Middle Dutch espe (“aspen, Populus tremula”) and lo (“light forest”) or a contraction of oost (“east, eastern”) and peel (“swamp, marsh”).

See also Limburgish D'Oospel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.pəl/
• Hyphenation: Os‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɔspəl

Proper noun

Ospel n

1. A village in Nederweert, Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Ospelnaar
• Ospels
• Ospeldijk

References

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