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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

feminine given name cognate to English Gertrude. It was a common name, but its use has declined steadily since about 1950.Grietje
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database of given names in the Netherlands Bearers often used short forms in daily life, like ''Geertje'', ''Troy'', ''Trudy'', ''Trui'', and ''

Truus Truus is a feminine Dutch given name, often a shortened hypocorism of Geertruida. Notable people with the name include: *Truus van Aalten (1910–1999), Dutch actress *Truus Bauer (1945–1989), Dutch rower *Truus Baumeister (1907–2000) Dutch sw ...

''. People with the name include: * Geertruida "Truus" Bauer (1945–1989), Dutch rower * Geertruida "Truid" Blaisse-Terwindt (1917–2002), Dutch tennis player * Geertruida Carelsen (1843–1938), Dutch author * Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1866), Dutch novelist *

Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz Geertruida Luberta de Haas-Lorentz (20 November 1885 – 1973) was a Dutch physicist and the first to perform fluctuational analysis of electrons as Brownian particles. Consequently she is considered to be the first woman to work in electrical no ...

(1885–1973), Dutch physicist * Geertruida "Truida" Heil-Bonnet (1920–2014), Dutch gymnast * Geertruida "Truus" Hennipman (born 1943), Dutch sprinter * Geertruida "Truus" Klapwijk (1904–1991), Dutch freestyle swimmer * Geertruida "Truus" Looijs (born 1946), Dutch swimmer * Geertruida Middendorp (1911–2007), Dutch resistance member * Geertruida "Trudy" Ruth (born 1950), Dutch sprinter * Geertruida van Saksen (1033–1113), countess consort of Holland *

Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer (21 April 1896, in Alkmaar – 30 August 1978, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Dutch resistance, resistance fighter who brought Jews, Jewish children and adults into safety before and during the World War II, Second World Wa ...

(1896–1978), Dutch war hero and resistance fighter *

Gertruida van Veen Gertruida van Veen (June 4, 1602 – June 30, 1643) was a painter from the Southern Netherlands. She was born in Antwerp as the daughter of the painter Otto van Veen. She is best known for her portrait of her father, which is held in the Brussel ...

(1602–1643), Flemish painter

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* Geertruida Maria "Ruud" Geels (born 1948), Dutch footballer

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Geertruid Adriaansdochter Geertruid Adriaansdochter (?? in Wormer – 1573 in IJpesloot near Amsterdam), was a Dutch farmer. She was hanged by Protestant farmers as a Catholic when she attempted to bring food to her brother, a Catholic priest in Amsterdam, who was at th ...

(died 1573), Dutch farmer * Geertruy Haeck, Dutch patrician woman *

Geertruydt Roghman Geertruydt Roghman (1625, in Amsterdam – 1657, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver, and printmaker. Biography Roghman was born in Amsterdam, the daughter of the engraver Henrick Lambertsz Roghman and Maria Jacobs Savery. Acc ...

(1625–1657), Dutch painter *

Gertruid Bolwater Gertruid (Truuj) Bolwater (died 1511) was a legendary Dutch heroine, known as the defender of Venlo during its siege by Emperor Maximilian I when she climbed up the defence wall of the city and took over the defence wall from a fallen ensign. Pat ...

(died 1511), Dutch heroine

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