Soest

English

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Soest

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German and Dutch Soest respectively.

Proper noun

Soest

1. A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2. A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology 1

First attested as soys and zoys in 1028. Etymology uncertain. One hypothesis proposes a derivation from a hydronym cognate to suizen (“swish, murmur”).

May be the same as Súsat (also spelled as Susa and Susakk), the capital of Attila mentioned in Thidrek’s saga written around 1250 (Attila, according to it, was originally from Frisia, a region close to Soest).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sust/, [sust]

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• Hyphenation: Soest
• Rhymes: -ust

Proper noun

Soest

1. a town and municipality of Utrecht, the Netherlands

   Meronyms: De Birkt, Hees, Melm, Pijnenburg, Soestdijk, Soestduinen, Soesterberg, Wieksloot

Derived terms

• Soestdijk
• Soestduinen
• Soestenaar, Soesder
• Soester Hoogt
• Soesterberg
• Soesterkwartier
• Soesterveen
• Soests, Soester

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Soest.

Proper noun

Soest n

1. a town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

References

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

Further reading

• Soest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Soest

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German Sôest, Old Saxon Sōsat. The -e- indicates vowel length (as e.g. in Coesfeld, Oer). Very old place name derived from the root of Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoːst/

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Proper noun

Soest n (proper noun, genitive Soests or (optionally with an article) Soest)

1. a town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Derived terms

• Soester

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch Soest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːst/ (or like the German town above)

Proper noun

Soest n (proper noun, genitive Soests or (optionally with an article) Soest)

1. a municipality and town in the Province of Utrecht, Netherlands