Langbroek

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as nederlanghbroech in 1337. Compound of Middle Dutch lanc (“long”) and broec (“marsh, marshland”). The toponym was initially prefixed with neder (“lower, downstream”). The element gradually disappeared, however, as the village outgrew Overlangbroek.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Lang‧broek

Proper noun edit

Langbroek n

A village and former municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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