Elsrijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Braeckrijk in 1681. Named after a former estate. Originally a compound of braak (“breach”) and rijk (“realm”), currently a compound of els (“alder, Alnus sp.”) and rijk. The estate was renamed by one of its owners, Symon Elskamp, as a jocular reference to his surname.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Els‧rijk

Proper noun

Elsrijk n

A neighbourhood of Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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