Diemerbroek
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as in der modre broic in 1280-1287. Compound of an unclear first element and Middle Dutch broec (“marsh, marshland”). One reading interprets the first element as a compound of Middle Dutch dier (“animal”) or dier (“dear, precious”) and an otherwise unknown variant of modder (“mud”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Die‧mer‧broek
Proper noun edit
Diemerbroek n
- A hamlet in Oudewater, Utrecht, Netherlands.