Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as rubroke in 1281-1284. Compound of Middle Dutch ruuch (rough, wild) and bruec (marsh, marshland).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Ru‧broek

Proper noun edit

Rubroek n

  1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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