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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as lutekebroec around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch luttic (“small”) and bruec (“marsh, marshland”). The element luttic was added to distinguish the settlement from Grootebroek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʏt.jəˌbruk/
- Hyphenation: Lut‧je‧broek
Proper noun
Lutjebroek n
- A village in Stede Broec, North Holland, Netherlands near Enkhuizen
- (figurative) Podunk, Bumfuck
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “lutjebroek”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN