Rotstergaast

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as rutnergast in 1315. Borrowed from West Frisian Rotstergaast, a compound of the toponym Rottum and Old Frisian gast (“elevated sandy land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌrɔt.stərˈɣaːst/
• Hyphenation: Rot‧ster‧gaast
• Rhymes: -aːst

Proper noun

Rotstergaast n

1. A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN