First attested asaftersloten in 1267. Compound ofMiddle Dutchafter(“back, behind”) andsloet(“ditch”). Named after a nearby watercourse running behind a set of plots of land.

• Hyphenation:Ach‧ter‧sloot

Achtersloot n

1. ahamlet inIJsselstein,Utrecht,Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Achtersloot”, inNederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl,→ISBN

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• nl:Villages in Utrecht, Netherlands
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