Grazen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as grasen in 1437. Cognate with Groningen Dutch Low Saxon groazen (“certain land measurement”). Likely to have originally been the name of a field.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraː.zə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Gra‧zen
• Rhymes: -aːzən
• Homophone: grazen

Proper noun

Grazen n

1. a hamlet in Alphen-Chaam, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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