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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
- A hamlet in Oudewater, Utrecht, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “diemerbroek”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN