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Kerkrade
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Kerkrade.
Proper noun
en municipality p/Limburg c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ad ecclesiam in predio quod est Rode in 1108. Compound of nl kerk church and nl rode land cleared of trees (from nl dum rods, ultimately related to nl gmw-pro *ruddjan to clear).
See also gmw-cfr Kirchroa.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkɛrkˌraː.də/
nl Nl-Kerkrade.ogg
nl Kerk ra de
nl ɛrkraːdə 3
Proper noun
n
nl city/and/municipality p/Limburg c/Netherlands
nl Eygelshoven Ham
Derived terms
nl Kerkradenaar
nl Kerkraads
References
kerkrade
German
Alternative forms
de Kirchrath still often in the border region, otherwise archaic
Etymology
de nl Kerkrade. The alternative second-syllable stress is by analogy with German placenames in de -rade, de -rode, which are often (though not always) stressed on the suffix.
Pronunciation
de /ˈkɛrkˌraːdə/ /kɛrkˈraːdə/ [kɛʁk-] [kɛɐ̯k-] [-ʁaːdə]
de De-Kerkrade.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de city c/Netherlands on the German border Kerkrade