In the

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'' ...

, the word t () is a

contraction Contraction may refer to: Linguistics * Contraction (grammar), a shortened word * Poetic contraction, omission of letters for poetic reasons * Elision, omission of sounds ** Syncope (phonology), omission of sounds in a word * Synalepha, merged ...

of the

article Article often refers to: * Article (grammar), a grammatical element used to indicate definiteness or indefiniteness * Article (publishing), a piece of nonfictional prose that is an independent part of a publication Article may also refer to: G ...

"het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a ''

tussenvoegsel A ''tussenvoegsel'' (, ) in a Dutch name is a family name affix positioned between a person's given name and the main part of their family name. There are similar concepts in many languages, such as Celtic family name prefixes, French particle ...

'', a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. Careful writers should use an

apostrophe The apostrophe ( or ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes: * The marking of the omission of one o ...

() in front of the ''t'' – and not confuse it with a left quotation mark ().

Examples

Dirk van 't Klooster Dirk Gijsbertus van 't Klooster (born 23 April 1976 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch baseball player. Van 't Klooster represented the Netherlands national baseball team, Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he and his team became fifth ...

* Evert-Jan 't Hoen * Gerard 't Hooft *

Haas Visser 't Hooft Hendrik Philip "Haas" Visser 't Hooft (September 20, 1905 in Haarlem – July 28, 1977 in Velp) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), offic ...

in 't Veld In 't Veld is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "in the field".

(surname) ** Bart Spring in 't Veld ** Sophie in 't Veld * Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff *

John van 't Schip Johannes Nicolaas van 't Schip (; born 30 December 1963) is a Dutch Canadian and former Dutch international footballer, who played as a winger. He spent his club career with Ajax, where they won four Eredivisie titles, a UEFA Cup and a Europea ...

* Maarten 't Hart *

Tom van 't Hek Maria Thomas van 't Hek (born 1 April 1958) is a Dutch former field hockey striker who played 221 international matches for the Dutch national field hockey team, in which he scored a total number of 106 goals. He made his debut on 24 September ...

Van 't Hof Van 't Hof and Van 't Hoff are Dutch toponymic surnames meaning "from the homestead". Other variants are ''Van Hoff'', ''Van den Hof'', ''Van der Hoff'', ''Van't Hof'' and ''Vanthof''. Notable people with these surnames include: ;Van 't Hof / Van't ...

(surname) *

Van 't Wout Van 't Wout is a surname primarily belonging to a Dutch family that conducts its business through Indiana Finance BV. As of 2016 the company was responsible for 40–51% of Dutch trade with Cuba. History Family head Willem Van 't Wout started h ...

(surname) *

Willem Visser 't Hooft Willem Adolph Visser 't Hooft (20 September 1900 – 4 July 1985) was a Dutch theologian who became the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches in 1948 and held this position until his retirement in 1966. Biography Visser 't Ho ...

Youp van 't Hek Joseph Jacobus Maria "Youp" van 't Hek (born 28 February 1954) is a Dutch comedian, author, columnist, singer-songwriter, playwright, and critic. Biography Van 't Hek was born and raised in the Gooi, an upper-class region to the southeast o ...

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