Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Potentially attested as roberting in 1469, attested with certainty as Rupert in 1832. Compound of Rupert (a personal name) and erf (farmstead, homestead).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈry.pərtsˌɛrf/
  • Hyphenation: Ru‧perts‧erf

Proper noun edit

Rupertserf n

  1. A neighbourhood of Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References edit

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