Vlagtwedde

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as vlachtwede in 1316. Compound of dialectal flacht (“jumbled mess, knotted mess”) and Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vlɑxtˈʋɛ.də/
• Hyphenation: Vlagt‧wed‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛdə

Proper noun

Vlagtwedde n

1. A village and former municipality of Westerwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Vlagtwedder-Barlage
• Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis

References

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