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In the Dutch language, the word 't (Dutch pronunciation: [ət]) is a contraction of the article "het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a tussenvoegsel, a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. Careful writers should use an apostrophe (U+2019 ’ ) in front of the t – and not confuse it with a left quotation mark (U+2018 ‘ ).[1]
Examples
- Dirk van 't Klooster
- Evert-Jan 't Hoen
- Gerard 't Hooft
- Haas Visser 't Hooft
- in 't Veld (surname)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
- John van 't Schip
- Maarten 't Hart
- Tom van 't Hek
- Van 't Hof (surname)
- Van 't Wout (surname)
- Willem Visser 't Hooft
- Youp van 't Hek
gollark: The state shouldn't go around taking people's stuff then.
gollark: I mean, they're both auth.
gollark: Most political terms get overloaded with a quintillion different definitions. Especially vague fuzzy ones like right/left.
gollark: It's very loosely defined at this point.
gollark: How is libertarianism *anti-*human rights?
See also
- Definite article reduction, a similar contraction in some dialects of English
References
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Look up 't in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- ’t Hooft, Gerard. "Apostrophe". www.staff.science.uu.nl. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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