Rotstergaast
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as rutnergast in 1315. Borrowed from West Frisian Rotstergaast, a compound of the toponym Rottum and Old Frisian gast (“elevated sandy land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌrɔt.stərˈɣaːst/
- Hyphenation: Rot‧ster‧gaast
- Rhymes: -aːst
Proper noun
Rotstergaast n
- A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN