According to the 2000 United States Census, more than 4.5 million Americans state total or partial Dutch heritage. Some ethnic promoters guess that the total number of Americans with Dutch ancestors is as high as 8 million (2.7% of the American population), or even 17 million. Dutch-Americans - Immigration. The Dutch first came to America in 1609 and explored the Hudson River on the ship De Halve Maen. They came looking for a way to Asia, but found many furs and good farm land. In 1614 Fort Nassau was buil ...

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Dutch-Americans, Dutch-Americans - Dutch-Americans, Dutch-Americans - Immigration, Dutch-Americans - Numbers

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Going Dutch, Going Dutch - Etymology, Going Dutch - Etiquette

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The number of non native speakers of Dutch who voluntarily learn the language is small. This is partly because Dutch is not geographically widespread and because in its home countries The Netherlands and Belgium most of the population is proficient in other European languages. In The Netherlands German is spoken with a high level of proficiency (especially in the regions bordering Germany) and the language is part of the core curriculum in schools for 2-5 years. In Belgium, German is less widely spoken, and not always required, but it ...

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It is a common misunderstanding to confuse these dialects with the official language of Flanders which is the Dutch standard language (Algemeen Nederlands). The Dutch language as spoken in Flanders is not a separate language from Dutch, but there are some distinct differences in vocabulary and pronunciation, similar to that between British and American English (or perhaps between English in England and English in Scotland). On the other hand, the Flemish speaking people use exactly the same grammar and orthography as the Dutch. The term Flemish is thus usually used to distinguish the Dutch spoken ...

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Flemish dialects, Flemish dialects - Dutch, Flemish dialects - Relation between the Flemish dialects and Dutch

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The Anglo-Dutch Wars (Dutch: Engels-Nederlandse Oorlogen) were fought in the 17th and 18th centuries between Britain and the United Provinces for control over the seas and trade routes. They are known as the Dutch Wars in England and as the English Wars in the Netherlands. Anglo-Dutch Wars - Background. The collapse of Spanish power at the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648 meant that the colonial possessions of the Portuguese and Spanish Empires were effectively up for ...

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• Anglo-Dutch Wars - Background
• Anglo-Dutch Wars - The first war 1652-1654
• Anglo-Dutch Wars - The second war 1665-1667
• Anglo-Dutch Wars - The third war 1672-1674
• Anglo-Dutch Wars - The fourth war 1780-1784
• Anglo-Dutch Wars - Later wars

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The phrase "going double Dutch" means using two types of contraceptive at the same time (a practice common in the Netherlands): the man wears a condom, the woman swallows an oral contraceptive. This is supposed to be the safest type of sex, because it simultaneously protects against pregnancy and venereal diseases (like AIDS). It is not recommended to use two condoms (either two male condoms or one male condom and one female condom) at the same ti ...

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Double dutch, Double dutch - English slang, Double dutch - Language game, Double dutch - Jump rope, Double dutch - Going double Dutch

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Dutch Empire - East Indies. In the beginning of the 17th century most major European powers flocked to take over the East Indies for its natural resources and strategic standpoints. In the end, the Dutch overcame the British and Portuguese for ownership of the archipelago. These islands became a major economic benefit to the Netherlands through the Dutch East India Company (VOC). On December 27, 1949 the Dutch granted independence to Indonesia after major losses to the Netherlands in World War II due to the Japanese occupation. Netherlands New Guinea remained part ...

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Dutch Empire - Australia. The part of Australia now known as Western Australia was recognised as in the Netherlands sphere of control and known as New Holland. No formal claim was ever made through an attempt to settle the region, although much of the North West coast have Dutch names and can be traced back to the Dutch. There are many Dutch shipwrecks littered all along the coast, (such as the Batavia) that were wrecked on their way to the East Indies. By the time the British arrived they noticed that there were small pockets of the indigenous population with blonde hair and blue eyes. See the History o ...

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Dutch Empire - Netherlands Antilles. In 1493 and 1499 these two groups of islands in the Caribbean were charted by the Spanish Empire and considered Spanish territory. In 1634 the Netherlands conquered these islands from the Spanish, one of the many losses that the Spaniards had to endure during the Dutch Revolt when the Netherlands won their independence from Spain. Aruba >> 1636-1805/1815-today Curacao >> 1634-1805/1815-today Bonaire >> 1633-1805/1815-today ...

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Dutch Empire - Belgium. After the Congress of Vienna, the southern Netherlands were granted to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The southern Netherlands had less power than the northern Netherlands in the new kingdom, and it declared independence in 1830 (Belgian Revolution). The independence was recognized by the Netherlands in 1839. Dutch Empire - Luxembourg. After the Congress of Vienna king William I of the Netherlands was made Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and the two co ...

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Like all other continental West Germanic languages, Dutch has a word order that is markedly different from English, which presents a problem for some Anglophones learning Dutch. The Dutch written grammar has simplified over the past 100 years: cases are now mainly used for the pronouns, such as ik (I), mij, me (me), mijn (my), wie (who), wiens, wier (whose), allthough the latter is quite formal and rarely used in speech, comparable to English ‘whom’. Nouns and adjectives are not case inflected (e ...

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Verbs in Dutch can be classified as weak, strong, and irregular. Dutch grammar - Weak verbs. Weak verbs form their past tenses by addition of a dental, -d- or -t-. The rule Dutch children are taught is the " 't kofschip (the merchant ship) rule", that is, if the verb stem ends with the consonants of 't kofschip (-t, -k, -f, -s, -ch or -p), the past tense dental is a -t-; otherwise it is a -d-. Linguists put it more simply: an unvoiced consonant at the ...

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Like all other continental West Germanic languages, Dutch has a word order that is markedly different from English, which presents a problem for some Anglophones learning Dutch. The Dutch written grammar has simplified over the past 100 years: cases are now mainly used for the pronouns, such as ik (I), mij, me (me), mijn (my), wie (who), wiens, wier (whose), although the latter is quite formal and rarely used in speech, comparable to English ‘whom’. Nouns and adjectives are not case inflected (ex ...

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Dutch language, Dutch language - History, Dutch language - Etymology of the word Dutch, Dutch language - Classification and related languages, Dutch language - Geographic distribution, Dutch language - Official status, Dutch language - Dialects, Dutch language - Accents, Dutch language - Derived languages, Dutch language - Sounds, Dutch language - Vowels, Dutch language - Consonants, Dutch language - Phonology, Dutch language - Historical sound changes, Dutch language - Grammar, Dutch language - Vocabulary, Dutch language - Writing system, Dutch language - Dutch as a foreign language

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Dutch Empire - Australia. The part of Australia now known as Western Australia was recognised as in the Netherlands sphere of control and known as New Holland. No formal claim was ever made through an attempt to settle the region, although much of the North West coast have Dutch names and can be traced back to the Dutch. There are many Dutch shipwrecks littered all along the coast, (such as the Batavia) that were wrecked on their way to the East Indies. By the time the British arrived they noticed that there were small pockets of the indigenous population with blonde hair and blue eyes. See the History of ...

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Dutch Empire, Dutch Empire - New Netherlands, Dutch Empire - New Sweden, Dutch Empire - Albany New York, Dutch Empire - New York City New York, Dutch Empire - Oceania, Dutch Empire - Australia, Dutch Empire - The East, Dutch Empire - East Indies, Dutch Empire - Malaya, Dutch Empire - Deshima, Dutch Empire - Ceylon Sri Lanka, Dutch Empire - Bengalen Bangladesh, Dutch Empire - India, Dutch Empire - Vietnam Tonkin, Dutch Empire - Thailand Siam, Dutch Empire - Burma Myanmar, Dutch Empire - Persia Iran, Dutch Empire - Yemen, Dutch Empire - Mauritius, Dutch Empire - South Africa, Dutch Empire - Formosa Taiwan, Dutch Empire - Pescadores Islands, Dutch Empire - The West, Dutch Empire - Netherlands Antilles, Dutch Empire - Suriname, Dutch Empire - Guyana, Dutch Empire - Chile, Dutch Empire - Virgin Islands partly, Dutch Empire - Tobago, Dutch Empire - Brazil, Dutch Empire - Ghana Gold Coast, Dutch Empire - Mozambique, Dutch Empire - Madagascar, Dutch Empire - Angola, Dutch Empire - Saint Helena, Dutch Empire - Sao Tome, Dutch Empire - Reunion, Dutch Empire - Europe, Dutch Empire - Belgium, Dutch Empire - Luxembourg, Dutch Empire - East Frisia, Dutch Empire - Smeerenburg

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Dutch Empire - East Indies. In the beginning of the 17th century most major European powers flocked to take over the East Indies for its natural resources and strategic standpoints. In the end, the Dutch overcame the British and Portuguese for ownership of the archipelago. These islands became a major economic benefit to the Netherlands through the Dutch East India Company (VOC). On December 27, 1949 the Dutch granted independence to Indonesia after major losses to the Netherlands in World War II due to the Japanese occupation. Netherlands New Guinea remained part ...

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Dutch Empire, Dutch Empire - New Netherlands, Dutch Empire - New Sweden, Dutch Empire - Albany New York, Dutch Empire - New York City New York, Dutch Empire - Oceania, Dutch Empire - Australia, Dutch Empire - The East, Dutch Empire - East Indies, Dutch Empire - Malaya, Dutch Empire - Deshima, Dutch Empire - Ceylon Sri Lanka, Dutch Empire - Bengalen Bangladesh, Dutch Empire - India, Dutch Empire - Vietnam Tonkin, Dutch Empire - Thailand Siam, Dutch Empire - Burma Myanmar, Dutch Empire - Persia Iran, Dutch Empire - Yemen, Dutch Empire - Mauritius, Dutch Empire - South Africa, Dutch Empire - Formosa Taiwan, Dutch Empire - Pescadores Islands, Dutch Empire - The West, Dutch Empire - Netherlands Antilles, Dutch Empire - Suriname, Dutch Empire - Guyana, Dutch Empire - Chile, Dutch Empire - Virgin Islands partly, Dutch Empire - Tobago, Dutch Empire - Brazil, Dutch Empire - Ghana Gold Coast, Dutch Empire - Mozambique, Dutch Empire - Madagascar, Dutch Empire - Angola, Dutch Empire - Saint Helena, Dutch Empire - Sao Tome, Dutch Empire - Reunion, Dutch Empire - Europe, Dutch Empire - Belgium, Dutch Empire - Luxembourg, Dutch Empire - East Frisia, Dutch Empire - Smeerenburg

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The West Germanic dialects can be divided according to tribe (Frisian, Saxon, Franconian, Bavarian and Swabian), and according to the extent of their participation in the High German consonant shift (Low Germanic against High Germanic). The present Dutch standard language is largely derived from Low Franconian dialects spoken in the Low Countries that must have reached a separate identity no later than about AD 600. An early Dutch recorded writing is: "Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan, hinase hic enda tu, wat unbidan we nu" ( ...

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Dutch language, Dutch language - History, Dutch language - Etymology of the word Dutch, Dutch language - Classification and related languages, Dutch language - Geographic distribution, Dutch language - Official status, Dutch language - Dialects, Dutch language - Accents, Dutch language - Derived languages, Dutch language - Sounds, Dutch language - Vowels, Dutch language - Consonants, Dutch language - Phonology, Dutch language - Historical sound changes, Dutch language - Grammar, Dutch language - Vocabulary, Dutch language - Writing system, Dutch language - Dutch as a foreign language

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In Dutch, nouns generally describe persons, places, things, and abstract ideas, and are treated as grammatically distinct from verbs. Nouns are marked for number and size. In Dutch, there are three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. The gender of a word determines the articles used with it and the pronouns referring to it. Sometimes masculine and feminine nouns are collectively called de-words, whereas neuter nouns are called het-words, in accordance with the definite article used with them. Traditionally, pronouns ...

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Dutch Empire - Netherlands Antilles. In 1493 and 1499 these two groups of islands in the Caribbean were charted by the Spanish Empire and considered Spanish territory. In 1634 the Netherlands conquered these islands from the Spanish, one of the many losses that the Spaniards had to endure during the Dutch Revolt when the Netherlands won their independence from Spain. Aruba >> 1636-1805/1815-today Curacao >> 1634-1805/1815-today Bonaire >> 1633-1805/1815-today ...

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Dutch Empire, Dutch Empire - New Netherlands, Dutch Empire - New Sweden, Dutch Empire - Albany New York, Dutch Empire - New York City New York, Dutch Empire - Oceania, Dutch Empire - Australia, Dutch Empire - The East, Dutch Empire - East Indies, Dutch Empire - Malaya, Dutch Empire - Deshima, Dutch Empire - Ceylon Sri Lanka, Dutch Empire - Bengalen Bangladesh, Dutch Empire - India, Dutch Empire - Vietnam Tonkin, Dutch Empire - Thailand Siam, Dutch Empire - Burma Myanmar, Dutch Empire - Persia Iran, Dutch Empire - Yemen, Dutch Empire - Mauritius, Dutch Empire - South Africa, Dutch Empire - Formosa Taiwan, Dutch Empire - Pescadores Islands, Dutch Empire - The West, Dutch Empire - Netherlands Antilles, Dutch Empire - Suriname, Dutch Empire - Guyana, Dutch Empire - Chile, Dutch Empire - Virgin Islands partly, Dutch Empire - Tobago, Dutch Empire - Brazil, Dutch Empire - Ghana Gold Coast, Dutch Empire - Mozambique, Dutch Empire - Madagascar, Dutch Empire - Angola, Dutch Empire - Saint Helena, Dutch Empire - Sao Tome, Dutch Empire - Reunion, Dutch Empire - Europe, Dutch Empire - Belgium, Dutch Empire - Luxembourg, Dutch Empire - East Frisia, Dutch Empire - Smeerenburg

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Dutch grammar - Personal and possessive pronouns. Just like with nouns and adjectives, most aspects of the old Germanic noun case system have been lost in the personal pronouns in modern Dutch. Just like in English, the main remaining distinction is that between subject and object, and the old dative and accusative forms have merged into one object form. The only exception to this is the third person plural, which retains separate forms for direct objects and indirect objects, though even native speakers often ...

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Dutch grammar, Dutch grammar - Word order, Dutch grammar - Nouns, Dutch grammar - Articles, Dutch grammar - Definite article, Dutch grammar - Indefinite article, Dutch grammar - Adjectives, Dutch grammar - Verbs, Dutch grammar - Weak verbs, Dutch grammar - Strong verbs, Dutch grammar - Irregular verbs, Dutch grammar - Pronouns, Dutch grammar - Personal and possessive pronouns, Dutch grammar - Demonstrative pronouns, Dutch grammar - Numeral system

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Dutch Empire - Belgium. After the Congress of Vienna, the southern Netherlands were granted to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The southern Netherlands had less power than the northern Netherlands in the new kingdom, and it declared independence in 1830 (Belgian Revolution). The independence was recognized by the Netherlands in 1839. Dutch Empire - Luxembourg. After the Congress of Vienna king William I of the Netherlands was made Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and the two co ...

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Dutch Empire, Dutch Empire - New Netherlands, Dutch Empire - New Sweden, Dutch Empire - Albany New York, Dutch Empire - New York City New York, Dutch Empire - Oceania, Dutch Empire - Australia, Dutch Empire - The East, Dutch Empire - East Indies, Dutch Empire - Malaya, Dutch Empire - Deshima, Dutch Empire - Ceylon Sri Lanka, Dutch Empire - Bengalen Bangladesh, Dutch Empire - India, Dutch Empire - Vietnam Tonkin, Dutch Empire - Thailand Siam, Dutch Empire - Burma Myanmar, Dutch Empire - Persia Iran, Dutch Empire - Yemen, Dutch Empire - Mauritius, Dutch Empire - South Africa, Dutch Empire - Formosa Taiwan, Dutch Empire - Pescadores Islands, Dutch Empire - The West, Dutch Empire - Netherlands Antilles, Dutch Empire - Suriname, Dutch Empire - Guyana, Dutch Empire - Chile, Dutch Empire - Virgin Islands partly, Dutch Empire - Tobago, Dutch Empire - Brazil, Dutch Empire - Ghana Gold Coast, Dutch Empire - Mozambique, Dutch Empire - Madagascar, Dutch Empire - Angola, Dutch Empire - Saint Helena, Dutch Empire - Sao Tome, Dutch Empire - Reunion, Dutch Empire - Europe, Dutch Empire - Belgium, Dutch Empire - Luxembourg, Dutch Empire - East Frisia, Dutch Empire - Smeerenburg

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