Grootebroek

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as groote broec in 1288. Compound of Middle Dutch groot (“great, big”) and bruec (“marsh, marshland”). The element groot was added to distinguish the settlement from Lutjebroek. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Groo‧te‧broek === Proper noun === Grootebroek n a village and former municipality of Stede Broec, North Holland, Netherlands ==== Derived terms ==== Grootebroeker Grootebroeks === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Grootebroek”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN