Kulert

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as culenvoort in 1439. Compound of kuil (“hole, bowl-shaped depression”) and voorde (“ford, crossing”). Later reinterpreted as dialectal kulert (“Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.lərt/
• Hyphenation: Ku‧lert
• Rhymes: -ylərt

Proper noun

Kulert n

1. A hamlet in Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN