Grootebroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as groote broec in 1288. Compound of Middle Dutch groot (“great, big”) and bruec (“marsh, marshland”). The element groot was added to distinguish the settlement from Lutjebroek.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Groo‧te‧broek

Proper noun

Grootebroek n

A village and former municipality of Stede Broec, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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