Driebruggen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Drie Bruggen in 1596. Compound of drie (“three”) and the plural form of brug (“bridge”). Named after a former set of three bridges.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Drie‧brug‧gen

Proper noun

Driebruggen n

1. A village and former municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Driebruggenaar
• Driebrugger

References

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