-broich

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Central Franconian form of Bruch (“wetland”), from Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk. The -i- is the so-called rheinisches Dehnungs-i (“Rhenish lengthening i”) used to indicate the length of the preceding vowel, similarly to -h- in Standard German. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /broːx/, [bʁoːx], [bʁoːχ] === Suffix === -broich n (genitive -broich or -broichs) (no longer productive, only occuring in borrowings) Placename suffix found in the Rhineland, chiefly its northern parts. ==== Derived terms ====