Heult

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as het Heult in 1559. Perhaps derived from dialectal hool (“low-lying swampland”) or heul (“covered passage in a breakwater”) with emphatic -t. Compare Hulten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦøːlt/
• Hyphenation: Heult
• Rhymes: -øːlt
• Homophone: heult

Proper noun

Heult n

1. A hamlet in Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References

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