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Soest
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en de - and en nl Soest respectively.
Proper noun
en town/and/rural district s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany.
en town/and/municipality p/Utrecht c/Netherlands.
Dutch
thumb|right|A windmill in Soest
Etymology 1
First attested as soys and zoys in 1028. Etymology nl 1. One hypothesis proposes a derivation from a hydronym cognate to nl suizen swish, murmur.
May be the same as non 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
nl /sust/ [sust]
nl 281 Soest.ogg
nl Nl-Soest.ogg
nl Soest
nl ust 1
Proper noun
nl proper noun
nl town/and/municipality p/Utrecht c/the Netherlands
nl De Birkt Hees Melm Pijnenburg Soestdijk Soestduinen Soesterberg Wieksloot
Derived terms
nl Soestenaar,Soesder Soests,Soester Soestdijk Soestduinen Soesterberg Soester Hoogt Soesterkwartier Soesterveen
Etymology 2
nl de Soest.
Proper noun
n
nl town/and/rural district s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany
References
soest
Further reading
Soest, Netherlands Soest
German
thumb|right|Soest
de:
Etymology 1
From de gml Sôest, de osx Sōsat. The -e- indicates vowel length (as e.g. in de Coesfeld, de Oer). Very old place name derived from the root of de ine-pro *sed- to sit.
Pronunciation
de /zoːst/
de De-Soest.ogg
de De-Soest2.ogg
Proper noun
toponym
de town/and/rural district s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany
Derived terms
de Soester
Etymology 2
de :bor nl:Soest
de nl Soest.
Pronunciation
de /suːst/ or like the German town above
Proper noun
toponym
de mun/and/town province:Pref/Utrecht c/Netherlands