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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as opt cruytz by slenich in 1495. Derived from a compound of hoog (“high, upper”) and Middle Dutch kruuts (“cross”). The toponym refers to a monastery of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre that the settlement formed around.
See also Limburgish Ge Kruuts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦoːx.krʏts/
- Hyphenation: Hoog‧cruts
Proper noun
Hoogcruts n
- A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN