Broekhuysen

German

Etymology

From Dutch broek (“swamp, meadow”) + huizen (“home”). The name combines two of the specifically Dutch spellings found only in the area between Krefeld and Kleve, namely -oe- for /uː/ and -uy- for /yː/. Elsewhere in North-Rhine Westphalia -oe- represents /oː/ (or less often /øː/) and -ui- is used for /yː/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʁuːkhyːzən/

Proper noun

Broekhuysen n (proper noun, genitive Broekhuysens or (optionally with an article) Broekhuysen)

A district of Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany