Graetheide

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as nemus quod vulgo dicitur li Graite in 1250. Compound of graat (“hill ridge, elevated place”) and heide (“heath, heathland”). The use of Latin nemus (“forest, wood”) in the oldest attestation suggests that the area around the hamlet used to be a woodland before gradually degenerating into heathland.

See also Limburgish De Graathei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣraːtˈɦɛi̯.də/
• Hyphenation: Graet‧hei‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯də

Proper noun

Graetheide n

1. A hamlet in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands.

References

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