Kerkrade
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ad ecclesiam in predio quod est Rode in 1108. Compound of kerk (“church”) and rode (“land cleared of trees”).
See also Central Franconian Kirchroa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛrkˌraː.də/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Kerk‧ra‧de
- Rhymes: -ɛrkraːdə
Proper noun
Kerkrade n
- A city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
- Meronyms: Eygelshoven, Ham
Derived terms
- Kerkradenaar
- Kerkraads
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “kerkrade”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Alternative forms
- Kirchrath (still often in the border region, otherwise archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Kerkrade. The alternative second-syllable stress is by analogy with German placenames in -rade, -rode, which are often (though not always) stressed on the suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛrkˌraːdə/, /kɛrkˈraːdə/, [kɛʁk-], [kɛɐ̯k-], [-ʁaːdə]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Kerkrade n (proper noun, genitive Kerkrades or (optionally with an article) Kerkrade)
- Kerkrade (a city in the Netherlands, on the German border)