-broich

Borrowed from Central Franconian form of Bruch (“wetland”), from Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk. The -i- is the so-called rheinisches Dehnungs-i (“Rhenish lengthening i”) used to indicate the length of the preceding vowel, similarly to -h- in Standard German.

• IPA^(key): /broːx/, [bʁoːx], [bʁoːχ]

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-broich n (genitive -broich or -broichs)

1. (no longer productive, only occuring in borrowings) Placename suffix found in the Rhineland, chiefly its northern parts.