Langbroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as nederlanghbroech in 1337. Compound of Middle Dutch lanc (“long”) and broec (“marsh, marshland”). The toponym was initially prefixed with neder (“lower, downstream”). The element gradually disappeared, however, as the village outgrew Overlangbroek.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Lang‧broek

Proper noun

Langbroek n

1. A village and former municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Langbroeker
• Langbroeks

References

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