Driebergen-Rijsenburg

Compound of Driebergen +‎ Rijsenburg. Driebergen is first attested as thriberge in 1159. Rijsenburg is first attested as risenborch and risenborgh in 1297. Driebergen is derived from a compound of Middle Dutch drie (“three”) and the plural form of berch (“hill, elevated place”); the former village was named for three prominent hills. Rijsenburg is derived from the hydronym Rijsen and Middle Dutch borch (“fortified settlement, castle”).

Compare for Rijsenburg Langereis, Rijsbrug and Rijsenhout.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdri.bɛr.ɣə(n)ˈrɛi̯.sə(n).bʏrx/

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• Hyphenation: Drie‧ber‧gen-Rij‧sen‧burg

Driebergen-Rijsenburg n

1. A village and former municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “driebergen-rijsenburg”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN