Den Haag

Dutch nl: thumb|300px|Een plein in het centrum van Den Haag, met een standbeeld van Willem de Zwijger.A square in the center of The Hague, with a statue of William the Silent. Etymology nl odt gmw-pro gem-pro 3 From nl dum Die Hāge the enclosure, from dum hāge (m, later also f, “enclosure, hedge”). First attested in 1242 as dum die haga. The article form nl den is dative/accusative, generalized in the modern name because of its use after prepositions, e.g. dum in den Haghe in The Hague. Compare nl Den Bosch, nl Den Hoorn etc. Pronunciation nl /dɛn ˈɦaːx/ nl Nl-Den Haag.ogg Netherlands nl Den Haag nl aːx 2 Proper noun Den Haag n nl The Hague city/and/municipality/capital p/South Holland c/Netherlands ; administrative capital c/Netherlands nl officialese 's-Gravenhage nicknames Agga Hofstad stad achter de duinen nl Haagoord nl w:Willem Wilmink w:Harry Bannink Arm Den Haag https://www.discogs.com/master/503121-Wieteke-van-Dort-Weerzien-Met-Indi%C3%AB Weerzien met Indië w:Wieteke van Dort 1978 Arm Den Haag, dat is toch erg dat jij maar niet vergeten kan / de klank van krontjong en van gamelan / In het Indisch restaurant gonst het gesprek van alle kant / tempo doeloe, tempo doeloe in dat verre, verre land Poor The Hague, what a shame you can't seem to forget / the sound of keroncong and gamelan / In the Indonesian restaurant, conversation buzzes from all sides / the good old days, the good old days in that faraway, faraway land nl figuratively metonymy the national government or administrative authority of the Netherlands Derived terms nl Hagenaar Hagenees Haags Haagweg Descendants de Den Haag 1 srn Aga 1 fy De Haach 1 References den haag German Etymology From de dum die haghe the enclosure. Pronunciation de /dɛnˈhaːx/ /dɛnˈhaːk/ /deː-/ de De-Den Haag.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Den Haag2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de The Hague city/capital p/South Holland c/Netherlands ; administrative capital c/Netherlands