Simpelveld

English Etymology Borrowed from en nl Simpelveld. Proper noun en municipality p/Limburg c/Netherlands. Dutch Etymology First attested as semplouei and senplouoir in 1155. Derived from the Gallo-Roman toponym nl la *Sempervivetum Evergreen, here perhaps referring to a forest of holly. Proposed derivations from la *Simploviacum or a compound of odt semp rush and odt lo light forest do not match well with the oldest attestations. The current form of the toponym developed under the influence of a folk-etymological reinterpration of the name as a compound of nl simpel simple and nl veld field. Pronunciation nl /ˈsɪm.pəlˌvɛlt/ nl Nl-Simpelveld.ogg nl Sim pel veld Proper noun n nl village/and/municipality p/Limburg c/Netherlands nl Baaks-Sweijer Baneheide Bocholtz Bocholtzerheide Bosschenhuizen Broek Bulkemsbroek Huls In de Gaas Molsberg Prickart Vlengendaal Waalbroek Zandberg Derived terms nl Simpelvelder, nl Simpelveldenaar nl Simpelvelds References