Beerschoten
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Beerschoten in 1874. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch bere (“manure, mud that looks like manure”) and schoet (“piece of land which juts upwards”).
Compare Baarschot.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Beer‧scho‧ten
Proper noun
Beerschoten n
- A hamlet in Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “beerschoten”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN