Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as Elzent, Den in 1900. Derived from a contracted compound of els (alder, Alnus sp.) and hout (rising forest) suffixed with zuid (south).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.zənt ˈzœy̯t/
  • Hyphenation: El‧zent-‧Zuid
  • Rhymes: -œy̯t

Proper noun edit

Elzent-Zuid n

  1. A neighbourhood of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN