Vredepeel

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

De Vredepieël (dialect form)

Etymology edit

First attested as in de Vreeij in 1712. Potentially derived from vrede (“fence, enclosed place, borderland”). The element peel (“marsh, swampland”) was added at a later date.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈvreː.dəˌpeːl/
Hyphenation: Vre‧de‧peel

Proper noun edit

Vredepeel n

A village in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands.

References edit

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