Meemortel

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as widemortele in 1263, attested with certainty as Memortel in 1838-1857. If the oldest attestation does in fact refer to the current settlement, then the toponym is a compound derived from Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) and mortel (“low-lying muddy place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːˈmɔr.təl/
• Hyphenation: Mee‧mor‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɔrtəl

Proper noun

Meemortel n

1. A hamlet in Cranendonck, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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