Vrederust

Dutch

Etymology

• (Noord-Brabant) Attested as Vrederust in 1869. Compound of vrede (“peace”) and rust (“rest”). Originally the name of an institution for the mentally disturbed.
• (Zuid-Holland) Compound of vrede (“peace”) and rust (“rest”). Likely named after a farmhouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvreː.dəˌrʏst/
• Hyphenation: Vre‧de‧rust

Proper noun

Vrederust n

1. A hamlet in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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