Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maastricht

/ˈmɑːstrɪkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: maas-tricht
IPA: /ˈmɑːstrɪkt/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and capital of Limburg province, Netherlands.

name

A municipality in Limburg, Netherlands.

Example Sentences

"“A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Maastricht, ultimately from Latin Mosae Trāiectum.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Mosae Trāiectum

Derived Forms

Maastrichtian

Questions

How do you pronounce maastricht?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑːstrɪkt/.
What does maastricht mean?: A city and capital of Limburg province, Netherlands.
Where does maastricht come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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