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Asch.

a village in Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ɑs/
  1. a village in Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Potentially attested as alke and aske in 889, attested with certainty as aske in 1288. Potentially derived from a variant of es (“ash, Fraxinus excelsior”). A derivation from the old hydronym Ascha (compare Asse) is also possible. Whether the oldest attestations refer to Asch or an otherwise unknown settlement near Heemskerk is unclear.

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