Breust

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Proper noun edit

Breust n

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

Derived terms edit

Bruisterbosch

References edit

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