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In Dutch, the cultural division between North and South is also referred to by the colloquialism "below/above the great rivers" as the rivers Rhine and Meuse roughly form a natural boundary between the Northern Dutch (those Dutch living North of these rivers), and the Southern Dutch (those living South of them). The division is partially caused by (traditional) religious differences, with the ...
16. Dez. 2011 · Where Dutch came from. Before we dig into this demonym, there are three terms we need to define: Holland, the Netherlands, and Dutch. The Old English cousin to Dutch, thiod or theod, simply meant “people or nation.” (This also helps explain why Germany is called Deutschland in German.)
Vor 6 Tagen · Dutch language, a West Germanic language that is the national language of the Netherlands and, with French and German, one of the three official languages of Belgium. Although speakers of English usually call the language of the Netherlands ‘Dutch’ and that of Belgium ‘Flemish,’ they are actually the same language.
17. Apr. 2020 · Where does the term Deutsch come from? The word “Deutsch” is a German word that derives from the Indo-European root word *þeudō ( þ is pronounced as a voiceless th). This word was used to refer to vernaculars other than Latin, which was the lingua franca of European scholars up until the 18th century.
31. Aug. 2018 · The US has the largest concentration of Dutch people outside the Netherlands with an estimated population of about 5,087,000. The Dutch participated in international trade during much of their history resulting in the spread of Dutch culture around the world as well as the culture drawing influence from some international practices. The Dutch established colonies which contributed to a large ...
Dutch shares only with Low German the development of /xs/ → /ss/ (Dutch vossen, ossen and Low German Vösse, Ossen versus German Füchse, Ochsen and English foxes, oxen), and also the development of /ft/ → /xt/ though it is far more common in Dutch (Dutch zacht and Low German sacht versus German sanft and English soft, but Dutch kracht versus German Kraft and English craft).
15. Juli 2022 · Dutch and German are related, after all, both being Germanic languages. As mentioned in the last section, the Netherlands for a time was called Nederduytsch, meaning “of the lower people.” The use of Dutch to refer to the people of the Netherlands doesn’t occur in most languages, however. English is the only language that calls the ...
