Breust

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as villam Brusti in 965. Perhaps derived from Old Dutch brus (“thorn bush, brushwood”) with collectivising suffix -t or related to Old High German brust (“abyss, steep incline”). Compare Brust.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brøːst/
  • Hyphenation: Breust
  • Rhymes: -øːst

Proper noun

Breust n

  1. a hamlet and former municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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