Breukelen
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as bruklede in 1130-1161. Compound of Old Dutch bruok (“marsh, marshland”) and lētha (“excavated or canalised watercourse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrøː.kə.lə(n)/
Audio (Dutch roots) (file) - Hyphenation: Breu‧ke‧len
Proper noun
Breukelen n
- A village and former municipality of Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Breukelaar
- Breukels
- Breukeleveen
- Breukelen-Nijenrode
- Breukelen-Sint Pieters
Descendants
- → English: Brooklyn
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “breukelen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN