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Vlagtwedde

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as vlachtwede in 1316. Compound of dialectal flacht (“jumbled mess, knotted mess”) and Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vlɑxtˈʋɛ.də/
  • Hyphenation: Vlagt‧wed‧de
  • Rhymes: -ɛdə

Proper noun edit

Vlagtwedde n

  1. A village and former municipality of Westerwolde, Groningen, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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