De Haag
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]De Haag is the older form of standard Dutch Den Haag, which is actually a petrified accusative/dative form. In western dialects De Haag is likely a pronunciation spelling, as final [n] after [ə] is commonly lost.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- (archaic) The Hague
- 1663, anonymous author, “Gezang op 't Hoornsche Pleizier.”, in 't Hoorns vermaeck'lijck treck-schuytje, volume 2, page 17:
- Ik neem de Haag, daar 't Hof-gezin
Haar woon-plaatz' houd: wat steeckt 'er in?
Onkuysheid, en bedriegen- I take The Hague [for instance], where the royal family
Keeps its residence: what's in it?
Unchastity, and deceit
- I take The Hague [for instance], where the royal family
- 1747, K. G., De Haag in vreugd, Kornelis Kloek, page 5:
- Maar toen Oranjes vorst ten lesten op kwam dagen,
Door vlugge paarden en zyn schoone koets gedragen,
Vloog elk de Haag straks uit.- But when the prince of Orange finally appeared,
Born by swift horses and his fair coach,
all flew right out of The Hague.
- But when the prince of Orange finally appeared,
- 1794, Jakob de Gelder, Ontwerp van de telegraphe, Rotterdam: Johannes Holsteyn, page 9:
- Tot dat einde stel ik dat Gorcum, een tyding aan den Haag [dat.] zullende mededeelen, een vlag opsteekt; Dordrecht dit ziende steekt ook een vlag op, het zelfde doet Rotterdam, Delft en de Haag [nom.]. — Delft ziende, dat de Haag [nom.] zyn vlag heeft opgestooken, haalt de zyne neer, dit volgt Rotterdam, Dordrecht en Gorcum.
- To that end I suppose that Gorcum, having to impart a message on The Hague, raises a flag; Dordrecht seeing this also raises a flag, Rotterdam, Delft and The Hague do the same. — Delft seeing that The Hague has raised its flag, lowers its own, Rotterdam, Dordrecht and Gorcum follow suit.
- (The Hague dialect) The Hague
- 1948, Thomas, Potjesdam in opschudding, Steenwijk: Logtmeiers, page 6:
- O ja? De Haag? De Haag zeg je?
- Oh yeah? The Hague? The Hague you say?
- 2016 December 15, omroepwest[1], archived from the original on 2023-26-11:
- Hagenees maakt stadsplattegrond 'De Haag op ze Haags'
- Inhabitant of The Hague makes city map 'The Hague in Hague dialect'
- 2020 December 14, omroepwest[2], archived from the original on 2023-26-11:
- De Haag, was je klâhwe
De grootschalige campagne 'Den Haag tegen Corona' is nu ook in het Haagse vertaald.- The Hague, wash your hands
The major campaign 'The Hague against Corona' has now also been translated into Hague dialect.
- The Hague, wash your hands