| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| my name | 9/4/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: My name is Mieke, I was told this was a Dutch/German name. Can you clarify this for me? Also, the ...
A: This is certainly a Dutch name. You won't find it in German. It is a dimunitive form of "Mie", which ...
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| moving to Oss | 9/3/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: Am Registered Nurse. Fiance lives in Oss. Want to relocate there. Is my US nursing license valid ...
A: First let me say welcome in The Netherlands, although a little prematurely. Now I do not know much ...
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| Jessica Smith | 8/12/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: Is difficult for a stay at home mom who is fluent in English and Dutch, to teach her three year old ...
A: Making children learn more than 1 language is certainly possible. Three years is early enough to ...
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| Help with holland | 5/28/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: i am going crazy as my parents immigrated from holland when they were 18 and did not attend any ...
A: Let me just assume that you emigrated to the US, Canada or Australia. Many Dutchmen did. Then the ...
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| Last name | 5/4/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I am wondering what van de coolwijk means when you translate it into english.
A: Translation of this name is only partly possible. It is based on a location, a town or a castle. It ...
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| Pronounciation | 5/1/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I will be introducing two individuals at an award ceremony. I believe the names are of dutch origin. ...
A: These are easier to pronounce than some names I have been asked about before, so please don't worry. ...
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| dutch | 3/19/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: Why do people think that the dutch have weird sexual customs? ANSWER: Hello Casey, Would you care ...
A: It must be because of the free morale that has characterised the Dutch for the last three to four ...
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| Dutch name for an interview | 1/9/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I am due to conduct an interview over the phone with some dutch people but i do not know the correct ...
A: The first name probably is spelled "Sytske". It is a Frisian name, and i't's pronounced like ...
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| Dutch Last Name Search | 1/8/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I am searching for the origin of my last name which is Van Ketel. I tried Genlias.com but the site ...
A: Your name certainly sounds Dutch. Where to find origins of Dutch names, I don't know. But I can see ...
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| “de bagge” | 1/2/2008 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I understand that the French word “la bague” meaning “ring” comes from the Dutch “de bagge”. Is this ...
A: I have never heard of the word "de bagge" or something like it. This could only be right if it is a ...
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| staats surname | 11/7/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: Thanks
A: The name Staats did not come to me before but it definitely sounds very Dutch. It would translate to ...
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| How is the name "Wijze" pronounced? | 10/15/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I wonder if you could tell me how the name "Wijze" is pronounced? I came across it when reading a ...
A: There is no phoneme in English that resembles our "ij". But "Wijze" translates to "Wise" and that ...
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| Dutch Surname | 10/4/2007 | Mieke |
Q: My name is Van Meter (though I have been spelling it 'van Meter'). My ancestors came to America in ...
A: You are right, spelling has changed many times for Dutch, the last spelling change affecting how to ...
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| surname Johmann | 9/10/2007 | Mieke |
Q: I was wondering how this surname would be pronounced today, and if it might be differently ...
A: Looking at the spelling, I think the name Johmann originates in Germany. When I googled it, I found ...
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| my last name | 8/23/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I was wondering if you knew the meaning of my last name. It is Lemky and is dutch but i can't find ...
A: I think your name was originally "Lemke". Ik have come across that name and I know that foreigners ...
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| dutch/german mortar | 8/18/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: A friend asked me to decode the inscription on an object he has. It turned out to be a mortar. I ...
A: "Koper" is copper in Dutch. If it says "Koper.A." then it might be from somebody named "A. Koper" ...
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| My Surname | 8/5/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: if any, of my last name, Goulooze, I know that it is Dutch and my grandfather was born just outside ...
A: This name hardly sounds Dutch at all. I wonder if it is in its original spelling, or if it changed ...
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| Dutch terms | 8/1/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: We call people who live in the Netherlands "Dutch" and we call their language "Dutch", but what do ...
A: A long, long time ago, the people here called the country and the language and everything that was ...
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| Wezenar, Wezenaar or ? | 7/6/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: In my ancestry, and from census records, I have a William Wisner and his wife, Marie Katherine Van ...
A: The name Wisner could also come from families who moved to Holland. Wisner has a German ring to it, ...
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| anno 1590 | 6/26/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: Ik kan niet zo goed engels, gaat beter voor mij in NL. Ik ben in bezit van een mortor met pilon ...
A: Hallo Katharina, Was het mogelijk om mijn email te lezen in het Frans? Ik zal het nu in het ...
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| anno 1590 | 6/25/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: Ik kan niet zo goed engels, gaat beter voor mij in NL. Ik ben in bezit van een mortor met pilon ...
A: Bonjour Katharina, Mon Français est pas très bien. Mais j'ai des temps cette semaine de pratiquer en ...
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| Mortor Anno 1590 | 6/21/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I have a mortor with nopestle with the following words. "LEEFTE.VERWINT.AL.DINCK.ANNO.1590" I have ...
A: IMHO is short for "in my humble opinion" meaning that all I can do is attach my name to the answer. ...
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| Mortor Anno 1590 | 6/18/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I have a mortor with nopestle with the following words. "LEEFTE.VERWINT.AL.DINCK.ANNO.1590" I have ...
A: Nice to know it is such a valuable piece. How did you have the fortune to find something so unique? ...
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| Dutch surnames | 6/12/2007 | Mieke |
Q: My husband's great grandmother was born in Amsterdam on 12 June 1842 and died 22 Dec 1904 in Alta ...
A: I think it should be spelled de Liemade, surnames in Dutch that have a de, the word de is always ...
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| infiltraat | 5/21/2007 | Mieke |
Q: pneumonisch infiltraat links basaal
A: I suppose you would like to know the English word for infiltraat. According to my Dutch dictionary ...
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| Amsterdam to Achel, Belgium | 5/14/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I am flying in to Amsterdam on May 17 with my girlfriend and we want to travel down to Achel, ...
A: At the Dutch public traffic site (http://www.9292ov.nl) I find that there is a bus number 171 which ...
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| double vowels in dutch | 5/9/2007 | Mieke |
Q: I live in the netherlands and know dutch fluently, and I was trying to explain to an american friend ...
A: I do not know how to describe the ui sound to an englis-speaking person, I think that it is unique ...
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| Mortor Anno 1590 | 4/1/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I have a mortor with nopestle with the following words. "LEEFTE.VERWINT.AL.DINCK.ANNO.1590" I have ...
A: I guess you are referring to a "mortar" (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortar_and_pestle). We ...
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| spelling a name | 3/24/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: can you tell me how to spell the dutch surname vanijk or is this correct.
A: The closest it comes to in my view is "Van IJk". The "van" is pronounced somewhat like "vahn" and ...
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| De Kempervennen | 3/1/2007 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: you were recommended to me by Lynn Russell. I am travelling to Eindhoven on the 12th March and will ...
A: First of all sorry for replying late. I have no excuse. Luckily, I see you need to know this only by ...
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| soetelen | 12/31/2006 | Mieke |
Q: Greetings Mieke, What does the verb soetelen mean? I gather that is the source of the English word ...
A: The word is't used in contemporary Dutch anymore, but this is what I found on the internet: sutler ...
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| Strange question here !!!! | 12/6/2006 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: I thought i read somewhere that the Dutch settlers were the ones that taught the American Indians ...
A: A gruesome subject, is it not? Well, I have never heard before that it were Dutch people. And I ...
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| origin of surname | 12/5/2006 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: My girlfriend's surname is Van der Haer. It sounds dutch. We are curious as to its origin and ...
A: There is one more thing that I remember. "From The / Haer" is not a possibility because it is ...
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| "Translation needed" - 10/16/06 | 11/20/2006 | Mieke |
Q: Your response to correspondent's question about the Dutch expression "gat ver darie" (sic) was - in ...
A: In Dutch, both gatverdarrie and godverdorie are used. Gatverdarrie is pronounced with an a sound as ...
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| AM | 11/5/2006 | Philip Lafeber |
Q: IS THERE A TOUR COMPANY THAT TOURS AMSTERDAM ?
A: There are many tour companies that do Amsterdam. I don't really recommend some bus driving through ...
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| Translation needed | 10/18/2006 | Mieke |
Q: I have one more question. I recall many times as a young boy during visits with relatives and ...
A: Your dictionary is right, hoer means hooker, nothing more and nothing less. I tnink the lady said ...
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| Translation needed | 10/16/2006 | Mieke |
Q: 1. I was born and raised in a small town in Iowa that was populated by an estimated 99% ...
A: Gatverdarrie has more than one meaning, like many words in Dutch. I use it when something is dirty, ...
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| Vaantje again | 10/13/2006 | Mieke |
Q: Could you please tell me what could be the English for Vaantje as far as electrical equipment of ...
A: I'm sorry, I do not know what kind of vaantje you mean. Windvaantje is a weather vane, I do not ...
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| pronouncing a dutch name | 9/22/2006 | Mieke |
Q: There is a performer in the cirque show "LOVE" that's name is Goos Meeuwsen. I can't figure out how ...
A: Let's start with the first name, Goos. The G in Dutch is pronounced as the ch in "Loch Ness". The oo ...
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| name origin / meaning | 9/3/2006 | Mieke |
Q: I have a very unusual name that no one can say or understand. My name is Kerstgen and I understand ...
A: I found out that Kerstgen stems from Christian. The name is found in the 16th century. It is also ...
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