Brinkhorst

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as oppen brinke in 1338. Compound of brink (“village green, farmland belonging to a single farm”) and horst (“overgrown elevated place”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɪŋk.ɦɔrst/
  • Hyphenation: Brink‧horst

Proper noun

Brinkhorst n

  1. A neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “brinkhorst”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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