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Gerwin Calenius
Gerwin is a Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German given name, containing the Germanic roots ''ger'' ("spear") and ''win'' ("friend"). at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands. Notable people with the name include: *Gerwin Pardoel (born 1981), Dutch rapper known as Gers *Gerwin van der Werf (born 1969), Dutch novelist and composer See also * Gervin * Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Gerwen, a village in Dutch Brabant, derived from "Gerwin's home" * Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805–1871), German literary and political historianReferences {{given name Dutch masculine given names German masculine given names ...[...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] |
