Boekel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Boekel.

Proper noun

Boekel

1. A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands/

Dutch

Etymology

• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as boekel in 1428. Compound of beuk (“beech, Fagus sylvatica”) and lo (“light forest”).
• (Noord-Holland) First attested as bodokenlo in 889. Compound of Old Dutch Bodoke (a personal name) and lo (“light forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.kəl/

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• Hyphenation: Boe‧kel
• Rhymes: -ukəl

Proper noun

Boekel n

1. A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands

   Synonym: Knöllekesland (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Arendnest, Berkhoek, Bovenstehuis, Burgt, De Aa, Elzen, Huize Padua, Leurke, Molenwijk, Neerbroek, Peelsehuis, Peelstraat, Rietven, Venhorst, Zandhoek, Zijp

2. A hamlet in Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Boekelenaar
• Boekels

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “boekel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN