Heult

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as het Heult in 1559. Perhaps derived from dialectal hool (“low-lying swampland”) or heul (“covered passage in a breakwater”) with emphatic -t. Compare Hulten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦøːlt/
  • Hyphenation: Heult
  • Rhymes: -øːlt
  • Homophone: heult

Proper noun

Heult n

  1. a hamlet in Boxtel, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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