Achtersloot
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as aftersloten in 1267. Compound of Middle Dutch after (“back, behind”) and sloet (“ditch”). Named after a nearby watercourse running behind a set of plots of land.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Ach‧ter‧sloot
Proper noun edit
Achtersloot n
- A hamlet in IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands.