Schilberg

• (Echt-Susteren) First attested as scheylberg in 1300. Compound of dialectal schil (“crooked”), scheel and berg (“hill, elevated place”). See also Limburgish Sjaelberg.
• (Gulpen-Wittem) First attested as bitseelsberch in 1370. Potentially a compound of either Vulgar Latin *bacellus (“small brook”) or Middle Dutch butseel (“kind of animal, wineskin”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”). See also Limburgish Sjilberg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxɪl.bɛrx/
• Hyphenation: Schil‧berg

Schilberg n

1. A hamlet in Echt-Susteren, Limburg, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands

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