Boekhorst
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Bueckhorst in 1622. Compound of a dialectal form of beuk (“beech, Fagus sp.”) and horst (“overgrown elevated place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuk.ɦɔrst/
- Hyphenation: Boek‧horst
Proper noun
Boekhorst n
- A hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN