Ospel

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as Ospel in 1612 and 1621. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of old attestations. Potentially a compound of a variant of Middle Dutch espe (“aspen (Populus tremula)”) and lo (“light forest”) or a contraction of oost (“east, eastern”) and peel (“swamp, marsh”). See also Limburgish D'Oospel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔs.pəl/ Hyphenation: Os‧pel Rhymes: -ɔspəl === Proper noun === Ospel n a village in Nederweert, Limburg, Netherlands ==== Derived terms ==== Ospelnaar Ospels Ospeldijk === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN