Overlangbroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as langebruke in 1219. Compound of Middle Dutch overe (“upper, upstream”), lanc (“long”) and broec (“marsh, marshland”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Over‧lang‧broek

Proper noun

Overlangbroek n

1. A hamlet in Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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