Grootebroek
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as groote broec in 1288. Compound of Middle Dutch groot (“great, big”) and bruec (“marsh, marshland”). The element groot was added to distinguish the settlement from Lutjebroek.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Groo‧te‧broek
Proper noun
Grootebroek n
- A village and former municipality of Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Grootebroeker
- Grootebroeks
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “grootebroek”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN