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Geert Ruygers
Geert is a Dutch given name of Germanic origin, equivalent to the German Gerd and the English Gerry. The name is a condensed form of Gerard, itself a combination of the Germanic words ''ger'' (spear) and ''hard'' (strong or brave) meaning "strong" or "brave with the spear". The name's common female equivalent is Geertje. The pronunciation of the name varies slightly, depending on whether or not the speaker uses a variety of Dutch which distinguishes between the phonemes and . While speakers of most northern varieties of Dutch, which do not distinguish between the two phonemes, will pronounce the name as or , speakers of southern varieties will generally pronounce it as {{IPA, ŁeËrt. Although Geert is a name in its own right, it is often the given name of persons who are formally called Gerard or Gerardus. The latter name refers usually to saints Gerard of Toul or Gerard Majella. People with the given name * Geert Bakker (1921â1993), Dutch sailor * Geert Egberts Boer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Den Ouden
Gijsbertus Cornelis "Geert" den Ouden (born 24 July 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. While at DjurgÄrdens IF, he became the first-ever Dutchman to play in Allsvenskan and helped the team win the 2003 Allsvenskan and 2004 Svenska Cupen titles. Career Early career Den Ouden has extensive experience playing in his native Netherlands, having made over 150 appearances for clubs such as SBV Excelsior and RBC Roosendaal since turning professional in 1998. DjurgÄrdens IF Den Ouden was signed by Swedish club DjurgÄrden in 2003, and played two seasons with the club, winning the Allsvenskan in 2003 and the Svenska Cupen in 2004. He was the first-ever Dutchman to play in Allsvenskan. Return to the Netherlands He subsequently played for ADO Den Haag, Willem II, a second stint with Excelsior Rotterdam, and De Graafschap. Valletta Den Ouden made his debut for Valletta in the first qualifying round of the Europa League against Icelandic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Mak
Geert Ludzer Mak (born 4 December 1946 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch journalist and non-fiction writer. Honors For his book ''In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century'' he received the Leipziger Buchpreis zur EuropĂ€ische VerstĂ€ndigung (2008) and the Otto von der Gablentz Prize (2009). The French government also awarded him the Chevalier de la LĂ©gion dâHonneur (2008). In the Netherlands, his exceptional engagement with international history has earned him the Golden Gooseâs Feather (2015), the Comenius Prize (2016) and the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund Prize for his entire oeuvre (2017). In the statement that accompanied the honorary degree from MĂŒnster, Mak was dubbed a âgifted storytellerâ capable of âcombining hard science, popularization, originality and engagement.â Historians are generally cautious when judging Makâs work. Books In 1999, to mark the end of the century, Mak spent an entire year crisscrossing Europe for ''NRC Handelsblad'' and publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Lovink
Geert Lovink (born 1959, Amsterdam) is the founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures, whose goals are to explore, document and feed the potential for socio-economical change of the new media field through events, publications and open dialogue. As theorist, activist and net critic, Lovink has made an effort in helping to shape the development of the web. Since 2004 Lovink is a researcher at the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) where he heads the Institute of Network Cultures. From 2007 till 2017 he was a Professor of Media Theory at the European Graduate School where he supervised five PhD students. From 2004-2013 he was an Associate Professor of New Media at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). In December 2021 he was appointed Professor of Art and Network Cultures at the UvA Art History Department. The Chair (one day a week) is supported by the HvA. Lovink earned his master's degree in political science at the Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Lotsij
Gerhard Oswald "Geert" Lotsij (13 January 1878 in Dordrecht â 29 June 1959 in Hilversum) was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boat ''Minerva Amsterdam'', which won the silver medal in the coxed fours final B. He is the older brother of Paul Lotsij Paulus Jan Lotsij (4 February 1880 in Dordrecht â 19 September 1910 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boat ''Minerva Amsterdam'', which won the silver medal in the coxed four .... References External links * profile 1878 births 1959 deaths Olympic rowers of the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Dordrecht Olympic medalists in rowing Dutch male rowers Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Lap
Gerardus Johannes (Geert) Lap (born Venlo, 24 December 1951- 26 April 2017 ) was a Dutch ceramist, known for his new approach to ceramics characterized as clay minimalism. Life and work Geert Lap studied at the AKV St. Joost from 1974 to 1976, and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie is from 1976 to 1979 under Jan van der Vaart. The first two years in Amsterdam Lap shared a studio with Barbara Nanning, and in 1980 he started his own studio in Amsterdam in his basement apartment. In 1985â86 he lectured at the Design Academy Eindhoven and from 1985 to 1987 also at the Minerva Academy in Groningen. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recapitulated, that "his earliest worksâpure cylindrical forms usually associated with functionality but devoid of spouts, handles, and surface decorationâpresage his future ceramic output, although now he has exchanged porcelain for stoneware, a material which he feels is sturdier and allows for sharper forms. Lap works in traditional methods making vas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Lambert
Geert Lambert (born 28 February 1967) is a Belgian politician and lawyer. He was the president of Spirit, a Flemish political party, from 2004 until 2007, when he was succeeded by Bettina Geysen. In 2003 he became a member of the Chamber of Representatives, where he headed the Spirit fraction, and following the 2007 Belgian federal election held on 10 June 2007, he became a directly elected member of the Belgian Senate The Senate ( nl, Senaat, ; french: SĂ©nat, ; german: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parlia .... Notes 1967 births Living people Sociaal-Liberale Partij politicians Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament Politicians from Ostend Flemish lawyers {{Flanders-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Jan Jansen
Geert Jan Jansen (born 1943) is a Dutch painter and art forger, who was arrested in 1994. Geert Jan Jansen was born in Waalre in the Netherlands. His engineer father was fond of art and Jansen became an art student. He befriended a US art dealer, , who ran a gallery called ''Mokum'' in Amsterdam. Later, Jansen opened his own galleries, ''Jacob'' and ''Raam'', but was not particularly successful. When his business went badly, he decided to sign posters of Karel Appel's lithographs and sell them as originals. Later, he made his first Karel Appel forgery and sold it for 2,600 guilders. Thus encouraged, he sent another forgery to London; auction house sent a photograph to Appel, who stated that it was genuine. The gouache was sold at a record price. In 1981, Dutch police were informed about a forged Bart van der Leck painting. They searched Jansen's house in Edam but found nothing. They did find 76 forged Appel lithographs in the ceiling of a local warehouse, but charges were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Huinink
Geert Huinink () (born 29 April 1971) is a Dutch electronic music producer and classical composer. His compositions have been released under many different aliases. There is little published about him, but his name has surfaced around some influential and respected leaders in the Trance music scene. He has released tracks under Tiësto's name and has collaborated with artists like Cor Fijneman and Daniël Stewart. Geert has also produced for a Dutch television show called "Meiden van de Wit" in 2002. Game soundtrack composition is another forte of his. Dawnseekers The Dawnseekers is one of the aliases used by Geert, along with Alco Lammers, that produced melodic and uplifting trance tracks during the early 2000s. The trademark of their tracks were the use of lush strings very closely resembling violins and beautiful horns combined with other orchestrated instruments. There were just a few tracks, "euphoric" in nature, completed during the few years that the duo were active as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Hoste
Geert Hoste (born 1 July 1960) is a Flemish cabaret performer. Between 1988 and 2016 he was known for his cabaret shows which poked fun at politics, the Belgian royal family and media stories. Annually these shows were broadcast on Flemish public television, traditionally on New Year's Day New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Wh ..., and brought in high ratings. Theater shows * 1988 Geert Hoste stand up comedy * 1990 Geert Hoste Vers lach * 1992 Geert Hoste Live wit * 1993 Geert Hoste Live zwart * 1994 Geert Hoste Koning * 1995 Geert Hoste Alleen * 1996 Geert Hoste Spreekt 1 * 1997 Geert Hoste JA! * 1998 Geert Hoste 3000 * 1999 Geert Hoste Sterk * 2000 Geert Hoste Verdorie * 2001 Geert Hoste Dwars * 2002 Geert Hoste Puur en Onversneden * 2003 Geert Hoste Hard * 2004 Geert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Hofstede
Gerard Hendrik (Geert) Hofstede (2 October 1928 â 12 February 2020) was a Dutch social psychologist, IBM employee, and Professor Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology and International Management at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, well known for his pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations. He is best known for developing one of the earliest and most popular frameworks for measuring cultural dimensions in a global perspective. Here he described national cultures along six dimensions: Power Distance, Individualism, Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity, Long Term Orientation, and Indulgence vs. restraint. He was known for his books ''Culture's Consequences'' and ''Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind'', co-authored with his son Gert Jan Hofstede. The latter book deals with organizational culture, which is a different structure from national culture, but also has measurable dimensions, and the same research methodology is used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Hammink
Geert Hendrik Hammink (born 12 July 1969) is a Dutch former basketball player and current coach. He is the current head coach of the Skyliners Frankfurt of the German Basketball Bundesliga. He was selected by the Orlando Magic in the first round (26th overall) of the 1993 NBA Draft. Hammink played for the Magic and had a small stint with the Golden State Warriors in 3 NBA seasons. In his NBA career, Hammink appeared in 8 games and scored a total of 14 points. He played college basketball at Louisiana State University (LSU). He had a small role as a member of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team in the movie ''Blue Chips''. Coaching career Dutch Windmills On 6 July 2018, Hammink was appointed as head coach of the Dutch Windmills, which made its debut season in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). Despite reaching the semi-finals of the NBB Cup and being in the fifth place in the DBL, Windmills struggled with financial problems throughout the season. In December 2018, Windmills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
