Elsbroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hiltetesbroc in 1105-1120. Compound of Old Frisian Hiltet (“a personal name”) and brōk (“marsh, marshland”). The first element was gradually reinterpreted to els (“alder, Alnus sp.”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Els‧broek

Proper noun

Elsbroek n

1. A neighbourhood of Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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