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Van Der Hagen
Van der Hagen is a Dutch language, Dutch-language toponymic surname, meaning "from/of the "haag". A haag was a bushland, hedged lot, or (private) hunting ground. The name could also specifically refer to an origin in The Hague (since 1242 known as ''De Hage'' and variant spellings). at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Some variant spellings of the name are ''Van der Haagen'', ''Van der Haegen'', ''Van der Haeghen'', ''Van der Hage'', and ''Van der Haghen''. People with such names include: *Abraham van der Haagen (1587–1639), Dutch painter and engraver *Alf van der Hagen (born 1962), Norwegian journalist *Amand Vanderhagen (1753–1822), Flemish clarinetist and teacher *Gaspar van der Hagen (''fl'' 1744-1769), Flemish sc ... [...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] |
