Lutjebroek
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as lutekebroec around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch luttic (“small”) and bruec (“marsh, marshland”). The element luttic was added to distinguish the settlement from Grootebroek.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLutjebroek n
- A village in Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Netherlands near Enkhuizen.
- (figurative) Podunk, Bumfuck