Grootebroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as groote broec in 1288. Compound of Middle Dutch groot (“great, big”) and bruec (“marsh, marshland”). The element groot was added to distinguish the settlement from Lutjebroek.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Groo‧te‧broek

Proper noun

Grootebroek n

1. A village and former municipality of Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Grootebroeker
• Grootebroeks

References

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