Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Drie Bruggen in 1596. Compound of drie (three) and the plural form of brug (bridge). Named after a former set of three bridges.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Drie‧brug‧gen

Proper noun edit

Driebruggen n

  1. A village and former municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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