@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 months agoGerman place name endingsdormi.zoneimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageGerman place name endingsdormi.zone@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-26 months agoIt might be -beek and -bek, due to Lower Saxon (Plattdeutsch) influence. -bruch/-bruck and -brück might also be relevant.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•6 months agoNot might, it is this. -bruch, -bruck and -brück are something different though. While being related to the english “brook”, a Bruch is swampland. -bruck or -brück however indicate a bridge (like the German word for bridge, Brücke).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoThough “bridge” can also refer to a board walk through swampland…
It might be -beek and -bek, due to Lower Saxon (Plattdeutsch) influence. -bruch/-bruck and -brück might also be relevant.
Not might, it is this. -bruch, -bruck and -brück are something different though. While being related to the english “brook”, a Bruch is swampland. -bruck or -brück however indicate a bridge (like the German word for bridge, Brücke).
Though “bridge” can also refer to a board walk through swampland…