Bocholt

English

Proper noun

Bocholt

1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch buok (“beech, Fagus sylvatica”) and holt (“rising deciduous forest”). The village in Belgium is first attested as bucolt in 1162.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.xɔlt/

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• Hyphenation: Bo‧cholt
• Rhymes: -ɔxɔlt

Proper noun

Bocholt n

1. a village and municipality of Belgium

   Meronyms: Kaulille, Reppel

2. a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Derived terms

• Bocholtenaar
• Bocholts

German

Alternative forms

• Bocholtz, Bocholz (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Low German Boekholt (literally “beech wood”). For the [x] compare Bochum; the local dialect form is Bokelt. Doublet of Buchholz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.xɔlt/

Proper noun

Bocholt n (proper noun, genitive Bocholts or (optionally with an article) Bocholt)

1. a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Derived terms

• Bocholter
• bocholtisch