Abbenbroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as appenbruech in 1206. Compound of Middle Dutch Abbe (“a personal name”) and broek (“marsh, marshland”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ab‧ben‧broek

Proper noun

Abbenbroek n

1. A village and former municipality of Nissewaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Abbenbroeker
• Abbenbroeks

References

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