Kerkrade

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as ad ecclesiam in predio quod est Rode in 1108. Compound of kerk (“church”) and rode (“land cleared of trees”) (from Middle Dutch rods, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *ruddjan (“to clear”)).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrkˌraː.də/
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Hyphenation: Kerk‧ra‧de
Rhymes: -ɛrkraːdə

Proper noun edit

Kerkrade n

A city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
Meronyms: Eygelshoven, Ham

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Kirchrath (still often in the border region, otherwise archaic)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch Kerkrade. The alternative second-syllable stress is by analogy with German placenames in -rade, -rode, which are often (though not always) stressed on the suffix.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrkˌraːdə/, /kɛrkˈraːdə/, [kɛʁk-], [kɛɐ̯k-], [-ʁaːdə]
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Proper noun edit

Kerkrade n (proper noun, genitive Kerkrades or (optionally with an article) Kerkrade)

Kerkrade (a city in the Netherlands, on the German border)