Bocholtz

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as bugholte in 1215, attested with certainty as bucholtz in the first half of the 13th century. Compound of a dialectal form of beuk (“beech, Fagus sylvatica”) and hout (“rising deciduous forest”). The current "German" spelling of the name derives from the time when the village was part of the Duchy of Jülich (see also Einighausen and Siebengewald).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.xɔlts/
Hyphenation: Bo‧choltz

Proper noun

Bocholtz n

A village and former municipality of Simpelveld, Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN