Breust

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as villam Brusti in 965. Perhaps derived from Old Dutch brus (“thorn bush, brushwood”) with collectivising suffix -t or related to Old High German brust (“abyss, steep incline”). Compare Brust.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brøːst/
• Hyphenation: Breust
• Rhymes: -øːst

Proper noun

Breust n

1. A hamlet and former municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Bruisterbosch

References

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