Meppel

English

Proper noun

Meppel

1. A city in Drenthe, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Drenthe, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as meppele in 1141, attested with certainty as apud mappele in 1298-1304. Etymology unknown. Unlikely to be cognate to English maple, Old Saxon mapulder (“maple tree”). It is uncertain whether the element lo (“light forest”) is present in the toponym. Compare Meppen and Meppen.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Möppelt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.pəl/
• Hyphenation: Mep‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛpəl

Proper noun

Meppel n

1. Meppel (a city and municipality of Drenthe, Netherlands)

   Synonym: Mokum van het Noorden (nickname)

   Meronyms: Broekhuizen, De Kolk, De Schiphorst, Kolderveen, Kolderveense Bovenboer, Nijentap, Nijeveen, Nijeveense Bovenboer, Rogat

   Liever dood in een greppel dan wonen in Meppel. (colloquial quip)

   One'd rather lie dead in a ditch than live in Meppel.

Derived terms

• Meppelaar
• Meppels
• Meppelerdiep
• Meppeler mug

References

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