Hasselt

Dutch

Etymology

• (Belgium) From the root of hazel (“hazel”).
• (Overijssel) First attested as haslet in 1227. Derived from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel, Corylus avellana”) or *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-uþi-. See also Dutch Low Saxon Asselt.
• (Dutch Limburg) First attested in 1326 as hasselt. Derived from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel, Corylus avellana”) or *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-uþi-.
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as die hasselt in 1382. Derived from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel, Corylus avellana”) or *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-uþi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑ.səlt/

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• Hyphenation: Has‧selt
• Rhymes: -ɑsəlt

Proper noun

Hasselt n

1. the capital city of Limburg, Belgium
2. A city and former municipality of Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Netherlands
3. A hamlet in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
4. A neighbourhood of Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Hasselaar
• Hasselts
• Hasselderheide
• Stokhasselt

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “hasselt”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
• "Hasselt" du dictionnaire des noms de lieux par Louis Deroy et Marianne Mullon, Usuels Robert, 1992