Vaartbroek

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as verenbroec in 1368, attested with certainty as Vaart Broek in 1838-1857. Derived from a compound of vaart (“navigable body of water”) and broek (“marsh, marshland”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaːrt.bruk/
Hyphenation: Vaart‧broek

Proper noun

Vaartbroek n

A neighbourhood of Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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