Rijsbergen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Résbààrge (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as riseberga in 1159. Compound of Middle Dutch rise (“twig, branch, brushwood”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯sˌbɛr.ɣə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Rijs‧ber‧gen
Proper noun
Rijsbergen n
- A village and former municipality of Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Aopelaand (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms
- Rijsbergenaar
- Rijsbergens
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN