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Cautionary Note It is of course interesting to know the correct ('Dutch') pronunciation of Dutch names, but in communicating with members of other language communities ('Barbarians') it may be more efficient to use the common modified ('corrupted') way of saying.

At the deli, will saying "Gouda" the Dutch way get you the cheese you want, or had you better say it like English-speakers do?
Speaking of art, when you try to say "Van Gogh" like a Dutchman (Vincent van Gogh

2) instead of the usual way - 2 people might think you just came down with an acute case of strep throat.

In the movie 'Miracle on 34th Street' a little Dutch girl is brought to Santa Claus, and he is told she doesn't speak English. Not a problem for polyglot Santa - but then the Dutch in the audience will notice the little girl's thick American accent: it's not credible that she shouldn't speak English. For the Dutch any illusion of reality is shattered. No, Virginia.

In The News

Tintin The characters in Hergé's Tintin comic albums have very different names in the Dutch versions of the books:
Kuifje

2 Tintin - referring to his 'quiff' hairstyle - Bobbie

2 Snowy the dog
Jansen en Janssens

Thomson and Thompson, Dupont et Dupond

Diederik

Stapel

2 disgraced psychologist

Klaas Knot

incoming president of the Netherlands Central Bank
Nout Wellink

2 outgoing president of the Netherlands Central Bank

new players in the national soccer team:
(Georginio) Wijnaldum

2
Tim Krul

Wouter Spoelman

chess Grand Master - Dutch Chess

Albert Heijn

2 the largest supermarket chain in Holland

Jan Gossaert 2	Gossart 2	Mabuse 2 - early Flemish painter >>

The 2010 'Second Chamber' Elections

2012 - new Labor Party (PvdA) leader: Diederik Samsom

2
De Tweede Kamer

2 is is The Dutch 'House of Commons' or 'House of Representatives'

seats	Party Name, Party Leader	Position - Website
31	Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) Mark Rutte	conservative - >>
30	Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) 2 Job Cohen 2	labor - >>
24	Partij voor de Vrijheid Geert Wilders 2	right-wing, concerned about extremist tendencies in Islam - >>
21	Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA) 2 Maxime Verhagen 2	christian-democrats, centrist - >>
15	Socialistische Partij 2 Emile Roemer	left-wing, grassroots; has never joined a government coalition - >>
10	Groen Links Jolande Sap 2	left-wing, environmentalist (party leader Femke Halsema retired late 2010) - >>
10	D66 - Democraten '66 2 Alexander Pechtold	used to be left-wing liberals - >>
5	Christen Unie 2 André Rouvoet	christian, mixed on left/right - >>
2	Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (SGP) Kees van der Staaij	orthodox protestant - >>
2	Partij voor de Dieren Marianne Thieme	animal rights - >>
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150
more: Dutch government and elections - election results over the years - Dutch wikipedia

Problematic Brand or Product Names

Fragrance Bang

means 'afraid' in Dutch. False Friends
Ben je bang?

'Are you afraid?'

Coffee maker Keurig means 'proper, well-behaved' in Dutch.
Een keurig meisje 'A well-behaved, proper girl' (everything her parents wanted.)

Cell phone Kin means 'chin' in Dutch. [-discontinued?-]

Music player Zune sounds very much like Dutch 'zoen' which means 'kiss' - exercise caution and be prepared for misunderstandings when communicating with the Dutch about it. [-discontinued-]

In Dutch, the name of Google's online encyclopedia Knol - hear Dutch means 'nag, not a good horse.' [-discontinued-]

Dating Website 'IJL' (It's Just Lunch) - Dutch ijl 2 3 means 'low air pressure, not solid: rarefied, thin.'

Golf player Louis Oosthuizen

2 (Dutch pronunciation; South African may say it slightly differently)
Louis

- oost

(East) - huizen

(houses)

Soccer World Cup 2010 - The Dutch Team

Maarten Stekelenburg

Gregory van der Wiel

John Heitinga

Joris Mathijsen

Giovanni van Bronkhorst

Mark van Bommel

Dirk Kuyt

Nigel de Jong

Robin van Persie

Wesley Sneijder

2 3

Arjen Robben

Khalid Boulahrouz

André Ooijer

Demy de Zeeuw

Edson Braafheid

Michel Vorm

Eljero Elia

Stijn Schaars

Ibrahim Affelay

Ryan Babel

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Sander Boschker

Rafaël van der Vaart

Bert van Marwijk

2 (coach)

names list from: FIFA.com

oranje

2 orange

voetbal

soccer, 'European football'

elftal

[group of 11] team

schot in eigen doel

'own goal'

more Dutch soccer names - more Dutch sports names - Dutch sports words

The Dutch team will undoubtedly win medals at The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Hear the names of a few favorites:
Sven Kramer

- Bob de Jong

- Simon Kuipers

Ireen Wüst

- Renate Groenewold

- Margot Boer

- Annette Gerritsen

The Full Team

Spyker

(also spelled Spijker) - Dutch car brand from the early days of the automobile, revived a few years ago and now buying Saab. Victor Muller

is Spijker's CEO and its base of operations is in Zeewolde

>> map

Jasper Schuringa

tackled alleged Christmas plane bomber

Philippe** Herreweghe hear 2 3 - Belgian conductor (**his first name is French) - Dutch musicians - Dutch music vocabulary

Leo Beenhakker hear 2 - the coach of the Polish national soccer team - more Dutch soccer

Jan Wolkers (Dutch Author, 1925-2007)
His Most Famous Books:
Kort Amerikaans ('American short' i.e. crewcut)
Terug naar Oegstgeest (Back to Oegstgeest)
Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight)
hear

The Age of Rembrandt - Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

painters:
Rembrandt van Rijn Johannes Vermeer Frans Hals hear	Salomon van Ruysdael Jacob van Ruisdael Gerard ter Borch hear	Hendrick ter Brugghen Jan van de Cappelle Pieter Claesz hear
Aelbert Cuyp Bartholomeus Breenbergh Jacob Duck hear	Jan van Gooyen Matthijs Naiveu Gabriel Metsu hear	Joachim Wtewael more about Wt- Gerard de *Lairesse Frans Post hear
Jan Weenix Jan Steen Emanuel de Witte hear - 2	Margareta Haverman Paulus Bor Pieter Codde hear	Adriaen van Ostade Willem Buytewegh (also: Buytewech) *Jacques de Gheyn hear - 2
Jan de Heem Nicolaes Maes Abraham van Dijck hear - 2	Hendrick van Vliet Hendrick **Goltzius hear - 2	Ferdinand Bol Philips Koninck Abraham Bloemaert hear - 2
subjects:
Willem van Heythuisen Jacob Olycan Aletta Hanemans hear	Nicolaes Tulp Jan Six Herman Doomer hear	Pieter Schrijver Anna van der Aar Haarlem hear
cities Dordrecht Delft Utrecht hear - 2	various Nicholas Ruts Jan Martense Schenk hear
* - French names; ** - Latinized German name See (and hear) also my Vermeer, Rembrandt and Early Flemish Painters pages The names are in part from three New York Times articles about the exhibition

The Dutch Team at the 2006 Soccer World Cup
Edwin van der Sar
Ruud van Nistelrooij
Arjen Robben
Robin van Persie
hear

The Full Dutch Team

Maastricht
De Maas (river)
Wijck
Valkenburg-aan-de-Geul
hear

vlaai (fruit pie)
Bonnefantenmuseum
Sint-Pietersberg
grotten (caves)
hear

More Maastricht

Gerard Reve (Dutch Author, 1924-2006)
Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (his full name)
hear

His Most Famous Books
De Avonden (The Evenings)
Op Weg naar Het Einde (On The Way to The End)
Nader tot U (Nearer to Thee)
hear

Dutch to Return Art Seized by Nazis
Jacques Goudstikker (art dealer and collector) Piet Hein Donner (justice minister, Attorney General) Medy van der Laan (deputy culture minister) Nijenrode (castle) Dordrecht (city in painting) hear

Painters
Jan Steen
Anthony van Dyck
Salomon van Ruysdael
Jan Mostaert
hear

Jan van Goyen
Isaac van Ostade
Daniel Vosmaer
hear

Dirck Hals
Aert de Gelder
Ferdinand Bol
hear

Museums
Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam
Mauritshuis - Den Haag
Frans Hals Museum - Haarlem
hear - take 2

Museum Boymans van Beuningen - Rotterdam
Bonnefantenmuseum - Maastricht
hear

The Dutch Team at The 2006 Turin Winter Olympics
Erben Wennemars Jan Bos Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen hear		Hear the Names of The Full Team More Dutch in Sports 2002 Olympic Records (Men's Speed Skating) Jochem Uytdehaage 5000m Gerard van Velde 1000m hear

Children's Book Illustrators
Dick Bruna - Nijntje (Miffy)
Max Velthuijs - Kikker (Frog)
Jan Jutte
Annemarie van Haeringen
hear

Fiep Westendorp - Jip en Janneke
Yvonne Jagtenberg - Balotje (Kate)
Philip Hopman
hear

16th Century Painters
Hans Memling
Jan van Eyck
Rogier van der Weyden
Hugo van der Goes
Maarten van Nieuwenhoven (subject)
hear

Hans Memling
(pronounced as a German name)
hear - 2

More Dutch Names

Old New York

Sailors and Ships of the 17th Century

Vermeer's World
Rembrandt
Early Flemish Painters

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Bridge too Far
Hans Brinker
More Dutch Names from Books

The Dutch in Sports

'Dutch' Music

Tulip Names

Maps of The Netherlands
Place Names
Names of Foreign Lands

First and Last Names
Names and 'Old' Spelling

[Marco Speaking Dutch]
Speaking Dutch

Parties and Party Leaders in the 2006 Elections

Party Name	acronym	Party Leader	MP3	# seats			Position
				2003	2006	2010
Christen-Democratisch Appèl	CDA	Jan Peter Balkenende	hear	44	41	21	christian-democrats, centrist
Partij van de Arbeid	PvdA	Wouter Bos	hear	42	32	30	labor
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie	VVD	Mark Rutte, Rita Verdonk	hear	28	22	31	conservative
Socialistische Partij	SP	Jan Marijnissen	hear	9	26	15	left-wing, grassroots
Fortuyn		Olaf Stuger	hear	8	-	-	right-wing
Groen Links		Femke Halsema	hear	8	7	10	left-wing, green
Democraten 66	D66	Alexander Pechtold	hear	6	3	10	left-wing liberals
Christen Unie		André Rouvoet	hear	3	6	5	christian, mixed on left/right
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij	SGP	Bas van der Vlies	hear	2	2	2	christian, orthodox
Partij voor de Dieren		Marianne Thieme	hear	-	2	2	animal rights
Partij voor de Vrijheid		Geert Wilders	hear	-	9	24	right-wing
Eén Nederland	EénNL	Marco Pastors	hear	-	-	-	right-wing
Partij voor Nederland		Hilbrand Nawijn	hear	-	-	-	right-wing
Nieuw Rechts		Michiel Smits	hear	-	-	-	right-wing
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				150	150	150
more: election results over the years - Dutch wikipedia

Party Leaders in the 2002 Elections
Ad Melkert Hans Dijkstal Jan Peter Balkenende Thom de Graaf Paul Rosenmöller (German name) hear MP3		Jan Marijnissen B.J. van der Vlies Kars Veiling Fred Teeven Pim Fortuyn hear

Services - Contact a Dutchman

Manuscripts - Avoid incorrectly spelled, incorrectly capitalized or improbable Dutch names. I could prooofread your text.
Voice-Overs - Dutch spoken narration for exhibitions, tours etc. Send your English, German or French text or a rough translation into English and I'll make you an offer.
Dutch Accent for The Stage - Specializing in English with a Dutch accent for stage productions. - Pointers - Send me your text and I could give you an idea of how the Dutch speak English.
I can also record my English with a Dutch accent for your movies etc.
Listen to samples: 1 - 2
I also speak German and French with a Dutch accent; I cannot do English with German or French accent.
- Ich kann auch Deutsch mit Holländischen Akzent sprechen - zum Beispiel - 2 - 3
- Moi, je peux parler Français avec l'accent Hollandais aussi - par exemple
Contact a Dutchman

Gerard Carbo, 1977 (watercolor) Private Collection

Famous and Common Names

Names don't join in the frequent spelling reform rounds.
"-szoon" or "-zoon" mean "son of," "-sz" or "-z" is the short patronymic.

Most Famous		Most Common
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh Huygens, Van Leeuwenhoek, Leeghwater Van 't Hoff, Van der Waals, Kamerlingh Onnes, Oort Den Uyl, Kok hear		De Jong De Vries Jansen Van den Berg/Van der Berg Bakker hear		Van Dijk Visser Janssen Smit Meijer / Meyer hear

Scientists		A Few Fictional Dutchmen
Brouwer (mathematician) Kuiper (astronomer) Escher (mathematical artist; German name) Zeeman (physicist) Lorentz (physicist; German name) hear - 2		Tietjens (Ford's Parade's End; improbable Dutch name) Peeperkorn (Mann, Der Zauberberg) Mijnheer - Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving; 'Winkel' in Dutch) Van Shuyten (Conrad, Heart of Darkness; it should be: Van Schuyten, S-C-H: a typo perpetuated into eternity) hear

Nobel Prize winners

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff - chemistry, 1901
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz - physics, 1902
Pieter Zeeman - physics, 1902
Johannes Diderik van der Waals - physics, 1910
hear - 2

Tobias Asser - Peace, 1911
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes - physics
Willem Einthoven - medicine, 1924
hear

Christiaan Eijkman - medicine, 1929
Peter Debye (Debije) - physics, 1936
Frits Zernike - physics, 1953
hear

Jan Tinbergen - economics, 1969
Simon van der Meer - physics, 1984
Paul Crutzen - chemistry, 1995
hear

Bert Meijer - chemistry, 20??
hear

The Nobel Prize

Amsterdam (A Pronunciation Guide Only)

Amsterdam
Schiphol (the airport)
Haarlem
Zaandam
hear

gracht
straat
weg
plein
hear

(city canal)
(street)
(road, way)
(square)

brug
steeg
wal
poort
hear

(bridge)
(alley)
(quay)
(gate)

Nationaal Monument
Anne Frankhuis
Beurs van Berlage
hear

Koninklijk Paleis,
Paleis op de Dam
Concertgebouw
hear - 2

Rijksmuseum
Stedelijk Museum
Van Goghmuseum
Scheepvaartmuseum
hear

het IJ
de Amstel
de Dam
het Damrak
hear

Singel
Herengracht
Keizersgracht
Prinsengracht
hear - 2

Begijnhof
Nieuwedijk
Zeedijk,
"de Walletjes" (the red-light district)
hear - 2

Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal
Oudezijds Voorburgwal
Oudezijds Achterburgwal
hear

Rokin
Spui
Leidseplein
Rembrandtsplein
Waterlooplein
hear - 2

Magere Brug
Vondelpark
Sarphatistraat
Kolkswaterkering
hear

Albert Cuypstraat
Egelantiersgracht
Bloemgracht
Reguliersbreestraat
hear - 2

Blaauw Brug
Lastageweg
Pijlsteeg
Beurspoortje
hear - 2

Lauriergracht
Looiersgracht
Brouwersgracht
hear

Stationsplein
Warmoesstraat
Bijlmermeer
hear

Leidsestraat
Kalverstraat
hear

De Pijp
De Jordaan
hear

Rembrandtsplein
hear

See also: Rembrandt, Old New York and The Diary of Anne Frank

Gebed zonder End 2 ('A prayer without end,' something that goes on and on) - also an Amsterdam street name.
Amsterdam tour guides sometimes come up with the Dutch tongue-twister
"Achtentachtig prachtige grachten" 2 - 88 wonderful canals.
A longer variation:
"Smachtend dacht ik aan de prachtige nachten tussen d(i)e achtentachtig grachten" 2
Full of longing I was thinking of the wonderful nights in the city of 88 canals.
De grachtengordel 2 - the canals belt
(de) rondvaartboot - tour boat (thank you Steve Random)
Amsterdam dentists

Billy Eric YouTube videos: Dutch New York - Amsterdam - Leyden - Edam

from a famous book:

The Scrounger
Except for the man who thought the Amsterdam Sarpahtistraat the most beautiful spot in Europe, I've never known a more peculiar person than the scrounger.

Nescio: De Uitvreter >>
Behalve de man, die de Sarphatistraat de mooiste plek van Europa vond, heb ik nooit een wonderlijker kerel gekend dan de uitvreter.

Beer

bier
pils
fles
glas
tap
hear

(beer (lager))
(beer (Pilsner = lager))
(bottle)
(glass)
(draft)

een biertje
een pilsje
een glaasje bier
een flesje bier
hear

(a beer)
(a beer)
(a glass of beer)
(a bottle of beer)

een stelletje jonge jenever
hear

Grolsch
Heineken
Amstel
Oranjeboom
hear

Brand
Dommelsch
Bavaria
Trappist
IJ Wit
hear

Belgian Beers:
Leffe
Hoegaarden
Duvel
hear

Where to Drink
café
bruin café
kroeg
hear

When you like beer, you could try 'een stelletje:' a beer with next to it a shot glass of 'jonge jenever' (sometimes called 'Dutch gin,' but it's not sweet) - after sipping the jenever, the beer is very smooth and creamy (maybe it's the numbing effect of the jenever's 35% alcohol.)
The best place for drinking beer in Holland is (het) café

2. This is of course the French word for coffee but that's not the main attraction here. If it's especially cosy it might be called a bruin café.

(bruin

2 = brown.) It may be clean, but will not be a well-lighted place. (De) kroeg

is mild slang for (het) café.

[A guitar player drinking a beer, a view of Amsterdam through the windows]

Billy Eric of New Amsterdam contributed to the Old Amsterdam and Beer paragraphs

Historical artists, associated with the Mennonite/Doopsgezinde community
Karel van Mander Lambert Jacobsz Abraham van der Tempel Jan van der Heyden Govert Flinck Samuel van Hoogstraten hear	Jacob Adriaensz Backer Adriaen Backer Salomon van Ruysdael Isaac Ruisdael Jan Luyken Michel Jansz van Mierevelt Joanna Koerten hear	Vincent Laurens van der Vinne Hendrik Willem Mesdag Sientje Mesdag Anton Mauve (French name) Hercules Segers Crispijn de Passe Cornelius Coornhert hear	Menno Simons 'De Stillen in den Lande' (The quiet ones in the country) hear
Dutch Baroque Artists
Rachel Ruysch Jan Commelin Judith Leyster Abraham Bloemaert Gerrit van Honthorst Dirck van Baburen Jan Lievensz hear	Jacob Backer Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Aert de Gelder Willem Buytewech Jan Molenaer Pieter Codde hear
17^th Century Engravers and Painters	Three Great Masters and A Soccer Coach
Roelant Roghman Geertruydt Roghman Boetius Bolswert Jacob Matham (French name) hear	Jan van Huysum Willem Claesz. Heda Jan Jansz. den Uyl Guus Hiddink hear
20^th Century Painters	Van Ruijven
Kees van Dongen Willem de Kooning Piet Mondriaan Karel Appel hear	Claes van Ruijven Pieter Claeszoon van Ruijven hear (Pieter C. was a Vermeer patron, bought more than 20 of his paintings.)
Some of The Contemporary Music Scene		(alternate)
Tijs (Thijs) Verwest (Tiësto) Ferry Corsten Armin van Buuren hear	Paul van Dyk Benno de Goeij Sander Kleinenberg Ilse de Lange hear - 2	Paul van Dyk Benno de Goeij Piet Bervoets Sander Kleinenberg hear - 2

Rockers of Old
Peter Koelewijn Joost den Draaier (dj) (= Willem van Kooten) hear	Cuby + Blizzards Harry Muskee Eelco Gelling Herman Brood hear	The Golden Earring George Kooymans Cesar Zuiderwijk Rinus Gerritsen Frank Krassenburg hear
Focus Thijs van Leer Jan Akkerman Pierre van der Linden hear	Q65 Frank Nuyens Wim Bieler Dick Schulte Nordholt hear	Earth & Fire Gerard Koerts Chris Koerts Jerney Kaagman hear

Robert Jan Stips (Supersister) Kaz Lux (Brainbox) Rick van der Linden (Ekseption) hear	Robbie van Leeuwen (The Motions, Shocking Blue) Peter Tetteroo (The Tee Set) Wally Tax (The Outsiders) Ronald Splinter (The Outsiders) hear
more: Dutch wikipedia


Wageningen School of Agriculture buildings

Bicycling
fiets, fietser (bike, bicyclist) Rijwiel, wielrijder (bicycle, bicyclist) hear ('Wielrijder' is more formal and posh than 'Fietser'.)	Ga toch fietsen! - hear Literally: 'Go ride your bicycle, go biking!' but it also has a sense of 'I don't believe you!' - like 'Take a hike!' More Bicycle Words More Dutch Bicycling Dutch Bicycle Racers
Miscellaneous
Herman Dooyeweerd (1894-1977, philosopher) Dodewaard (small city in central Holland) Sjeng Schalken (tennis player; in 'Northern' and 'Southern' Dutch *) hear	Edsger Dijkstra (Computer scientist) Johan Cruyff (Soccer star) Max Euwe (Chess world champion 1935-1937) >> Richard Posthumus (If the Republican candidate for governor of Michigan had been a Dutchman, this is how his name would have been pronounced.) hear
Joop Zoetemelk (bicycle racer) Coosje van Bruggen (contemporary artist) Van Eyck (Eik, Eijck) Van Dijk (Dyck, to Eng. Dyke) hear	Wouter Bos (present leader of Dutch Labour party) Waterloo (Belgian locality, where Napoleon met his final defeat) Roosevelt, Van Buren (US presidents of Dutch descent, how their names would have been said in Holland) Maartje, Maertge (girls' names; Maertge (Vermeer's daughter in Tracy Chevalier's 'Girl with A Pearl Earring') is no longer used; I think it's an older, Flemish form) hear
Pieter Bruegel (16th century Flemish painter) (unusual UE pronunciation) Van der Heyden (17th century architecture painter) Neeltje Maria Min (20th century poet) Katje, Betje, Maasden (Dutch (?) Trixie Belden characters) hear	Ruud Lubbers (80s prime minister) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (NATO Secretary-General) Wim Duisenberg (former EU central bank president) Teun van Dijk (linguist) hear - 2
Simon Luttichuys (17th Century painter) Nicolaas Spykman (1893-1943, Harvard Int'l Relations Professor) Paul van Dyk, Tiësto (DJ's) hear	Douwe Draaisma (historian of psychology) Gerard Unger (typographer) Aad de Mooy (contemporary composer) Robert van Wyck (19^thC. New York mayor, as Dutch-Dutch) hear
Boudewijn (boy's name, Belgian King) Schuyler (Dutch-American boy's name) Genade ('mercy') hear ('Schuyler' is not found as a first name in Holland)	If Ludwig van Beethoven had been a Dutchman, his last name would have been said like this (I think it's almost the same in German)
Marinus de Jonge (New Testament Scholar) hear	Andreas Cornelis 'Dries' van Kuijk (Probably) Elvis manager 'Colonel Parker' hear
Mostly Towns
's Gravenhage (The Hague) wielewaal (a bird: golden oriole) De Blauwe Kamer (lake) hear	Kamerijk (village) Wassenaar (town) Leiden (city) Merwede (part of the Maas river near Rotterdam) hear

Thomas Joannes Stieltjes

2 (mathematician, 1856-94, known for the Riemann-Stieltjes integral)
Rem Koolhaas

(architect)
Abraham "Bram" Pais

(particle physicist and historian of modern physics)
('Pais' is not originally a Dutch name, but we do have the word 'pais' in the expression 'Pais en vree' (very peaceful)

- probably from French 'Paix' (peace.)
Buys Ballot

(19th Century scientist, best known for weather studies) (Christophorus Henricus Diedericus Buijs Ballot

)
Van Hiele

(Dina van Hiele-Geldof, Pierre van Hiele

- 'Pierre' is a French name)
math educators: The Van Hiele Levels of students' geometric reasoning
Hulshof

2 3 (how the name is said in Holland) Kenny Hulshof, 2008 Republican candidate for governor of Missouri
Simon Vinkenoog

Dutch poet and author
Tijl Uilenspiegel

Medieval prankster and folk hero - in Germany: Till Eulenspiegel
Sjeng Scheijen

2 art historian, specializing in Russia

eigen (math term)
mysterie (a mystery)
Rijkswaterstaat (Government body managing water)
Stormvloedwaarschuwingsdienst [high-winds flood warning service]
a government department monitoring dangerous weather conditions and possible flooding
Beemster Graskaas ("considered a special treat among Dutch cheese gourmets") made of the early Spring milk,
from when the cows get out of the Winter stables into the meadows of young, fresh gras ('grass.')
The 'Beemster' 2 is a 17th Century polder 2 ('reclaimed land.') >>

Garden Dutch 101
Scheepers (well-known bulb brokers)
Keukenhof (famous Dutch bulb display gardens)
Jelena de Belder (Jelena is a Slovene (Slavic) name, hope I got it right) (a cultivated witch hazel tree is named after her)
Estella Rijnveld, Stella (Estella is a Spanish name, Stella is the Dutch version) (name of a tulip)
J.S. Dijt (name of an early-blooming iris)
Welwitsch (German)(nineteenth-century botanist for whom Welwitschia is named)
Ghislaine de Feligonde (French)(name of a rose)
hear
more tulip names

Zomerschoon 2 ('Beauty of Summer,' a 1620s tulip)
(de) zomer ('Summer') - schoon ('beauty' - though in Northern Dutch it now usually means 'clean')

A Small Fruit Song "Said the Apple to the Orange, ..."
framboos, braam (raspberry, blackberry)
aalbes, kruisbes (red currant, gooseberry)
aardbei, rozebottel (strawberry, rose hip)
sinaasappel, citroen (orange ('China-apple'), lemon)
kers, pruim (cherry, plum/prune)
perzik, abrikoos (peach, apricot)
hear
more fruit names

Carel Fabritius, The Goldfinch (1654)
Mauritshuis, The Hague

Birds of Holland

vogels (birds)
Carel Fabritius
't Puttertje (the Goldfinch)
Mauritshuis
hear - 2

zwaluw (swallow)
vink (finch)
nachtegaal (nightingale)
duif (dove)
zwaan (swan)
hear

merel (blackbird)
lijster (thrush)
specht (woodpecker)
roodborstje (robin)
eend (duck)
hear

spreeuw (starling)
mus (sparrow)
hear

havik (hawk)
uil (owl)
koekoek (cuckoo)
raaf (raven)
kraai (crow)
hear

adelaar, arend (eagle)
ooievaar (stork)
reiger (heron)
meeuw (seagull)
gier (vulture)
(vleermuis (bat))
hear

more birds

Bugs World: Insekten
mier (ant) kever, tor (beetle) lieveheersbeestje (ladybug) kakkerlak (cockroach) hear	vlinder (butterfly) nachtvlinder (large moth) ("butterfly of the night") libelle (dragonfly) sprinkhaan (grasshopper, locust) hear	pissebed (pillbug) bromvlieg (house fly) mug (mosquito) langpootmug ('daddy longlegs' mosquito) spin (spider) hear
duizendpoot (millipede) oorwurm (earwig) hooiwagen ('daddy longlegs' spider) rups (caterpillar) krekel (cricket) hear	bij (bee) wesp (wasp) vlo (flea) teek (tick) mot (small moth) hear	more bugs

Old New York - Old New York page
Haarlem - (Harlem)
Vlissingen - (Flushing) (medieval English sailors probably already used this name for the Dutch port city)
Breukelen - (Brooklyn)
Staten Land - (Staten Island) (The 'Staten' (Estates) were the 17th Century Dutch government)
Kromme Zee - (Gramercy) (crooked sea/lake)
De Bouwerij - (The Bowery)
Schuylkill ('hidden(?) river' in Philadelphia; 'kil' or 'kille' means 'river' or 'canal,' no longer found in modern Dutch.)
hear - Much More Old New York (about 500 words and names)

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First and Last Names - Place Names - Vermeer's World - Rembrandt - 17th Century Sailors and Ships - Old New York

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[one of Vincent Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' paintings]

The National Gallery, London

Somewhat Related
I used to subscribe to a magazine in basic Spanish, in an attempt to learn that language; what I remember best was an article about Van Gogh that curiously gave the title of a painting in English ("Sunflowers"); I guess that makes more sense than to have them in Dutch, but why not in Spanish ('Las Flores del Sol')?
- Wenceslao Grillo tells me that the Spanish word is Girasol ("turn-flower,") and the Van Gogh painting is called Los Girasoles in Spanish. That word wouldn't make sense to a beginning student of Spanish. - Thank you Wenceslao for ongoing corrections.

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