Roermond
English
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as de Ruremunde in the mid-12th century. Compound of the hydronym Roer (derived from either a Germanic root cognate with Old Saxon hrôra (“movement”), Old English hrôr (“motile, lively”) and modern Dutch roeren (“stir”) or from Proto-Indo-European *reu- (“dig”) with suffixed -r) and mond (“mouth”). The interpretation of mond as a derivation from Old Dutch munte (“mountain, refuge hill”) (cf. Urmond) is incorrect.
See also Limburgish Remunj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ruːrˈmɔnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Roer‧mond
- Rhymes: -ɔnt
Proper noun
Roermond n
Derived terms
- Roermondenaar
- Roermonds
German
Alternative forms
- Rurmond, Rurmund, Rurmünde; Roermund, Roermünde; Ruhrmond, Ruhrmund, Ruhrmünde (all archaic)
Etymology
From Ripuarian Middle High German Roremunde, Ruremunde, from Middle Dutch. The contemporary form and spelling after Modern Dutch Roermond. Equivalent to Rur (“the Rur river”) + Mund (“mouth”). The river was often spelt Roer in German until the earlier 20th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁuːɐ̯ˈmɔnt/, (spelling pronunciations also) /ʁoːɐ̯-/, /ʁøːɐ̯-/
Proper noun
Roermond n (proper noun, genitive Roermonds or (optionally with an article) Roermond)
- A town in Limburg, Netherlands