Rupertserf

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as roberting in 1469, attested with certainty as Rupert in 1832. Compound of Rupert (“a personal name”) and erf (“farmstead, homestead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈry.pərtsˌɛrf/
• Hyphenation: Ru‧perts‧erf

Proper noun

Rupertserf n

1. A neighbourhood of Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References

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