-broich

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Central Franconian form of Bruch (“wetland”), from Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk. The -i- is the so-called rheinisches Dehnungs-i (“Rhenish lengthening i”) used to indicate the length of the preceding vowel, similarly to -h- in Standard German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broːx/, [bʁoːx], [bʁoːχ]

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Suffix

-broich n (genitive -broich or -broichs)

1. Placename suffix found in the Rhineland, chiefly its northern parts.

Derived terms

• Bärbroich
• Grevenbroich
• Hackenbroich
• Hagenbroich
• Herschbroich
• Imgenbroich
• Kleinenbroich
• Korschenbroich
• Langbroich
• Langenbroich
• Lichtenbroich
• Mörsenbroich
• Necklenbroich
• Orbroich
• Tiefenbroich
• Tüschenbroich