Vlagtwedde
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as vlachtwede in 1316. Compound of dialectal flacht (“jumbled mess, knotted mess”) and Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vlɑxtˈʋɛ.də/
- Hyphenation: Vlagt‧wed‧de
- Rhymes: -ɛdə
Proper noun
Vlagtwedde n
- A village and former municipality of Westerwolde, Groningen, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Vlagtwedder-Barlage
- Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN