Broekvelden

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as BROEKVELDEN (DE) in 1840. Compound of broek (“marsh, marshland”) and the plural form of veld (“field”). Named after a polder.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Broek‧vel‧den

Proper noun

Broekvelden n

1. A neighbourhood of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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