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Van Aert
Van Aert is a Dutch language, Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Aert", whereby ''Aert'' and ''Aart'' are spelling variants of the toponym ''Aard'' (cf. wikt:aarde, aarde "earth") with the meaning "cultivated land, ground". ''Aert'' and ''Aart'' can also be reduced forms of the french male given name Arnout, which gives rise to the etymologically unrelated patronymic surnames Aerts (surname), Aerts and Aarts. Notable people with the surname include: *André van Aert (1940), Dutch racing cyclist *Jos van Aert (1962), Dutch racing cyclist *Wout van Aert (1994), Belgian road and cyclo-cross racer See also *van Aarde References {{surname, van Aert Dutch-language surnames Toponymic surnames ... [...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] |
