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Donkerbroek.

a village in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands

11 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈdɔŋ.kərˌbruk/
  1. a village in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as duncbrueck, dumbraech and dongbroec in 1408. Potentially derived from a compound of Dutch Low Saxon dong (“manure, dung”) and broek (“marsh, marshland”). The first element was gradually reinterpreted to donker (“dark”).

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