Worse. Atleast England is one of the four countries that is UK but N & S Holland are only two provinces out of 12 there are, important provinces though they might be.
@@themblue8236 I mean kinda true since the region called Holland used to be it's own county under the burgundian rule. Other names for the Netherlands throughout history include: the United Provinces/Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, Dutch Republic, Batavian Republic(Puppet of France), Kingdom of Holland(Napoleon era his brother ruled the Kingdom.), the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The crown was made a hereditary office of the House of Orange-Nassau under the ruler William I. After which Belgium and Luxemburg later broke away and now it's known and recognized as the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
@@dnw009 Not really though. It was a country located at about the place that now is occupied by noord and zuid Holland (and taking a bit more room towards the north and south especially). Friesland however is an even older country, and so was the duchy of Brabant, (and Vlaandren, but those left because.. why?) but the countries were united into one at the founding of "de verenigde Nederlanden" (take note of the plural "landen"). The country has been renamed a few times, but in its entirety it was never formally named Holland.
I thought he was going to mention how in many romance language-speaking countries, like Spain for example, Holanda and Países Bajos (Netherlands) can be used interchangeably and they both mean the country.
Germany comes from "germani", which means 'the people' in Latin. In German, Germany is called "Deutschland". 'Dutch' and 'Deutsch' both come from the Proto-Germanic word for 'the people'.
@@jan_h Germani doesn't mean "the people" in Latin. The etymology is rather uncertain. Although the Proto-Germanic word does give the source for "Dutch" and such, it's worth noting the tribal aspect of the word *þiudiskaz, as they used it in reference to themselves (it can be translated as "of the tribe").
I’m from Saint Martin (French Part) and it is extremely difficult to explain our very unique island to people in other countries. Great video and explanation about the Dutch part. The French side is a collectivité d’outre-mer (COM) basically means an over seas collective of France Republic and runs similar to how the Netherlands runs its Dutch islands for the most part.
As a Belgian, when I started learning English it always confused me how in English 'Nederlands' is translated 'dutch' even though for me it was just the language for German speaking people (Duits). Also I went to the Netherlands yesterday so this was a very nice video!
It has a historic reason. Dutch languages/dialects used to be called Diets. And I believe there wasn't as much a distinction between Duits and Diets, because people mostly spoke in their own regional dialects anyway. But I only knew of the existance of "Diets". Wikipedia does have a page on it.
I knew they weren't hearts, but I didn't know they were lily pads! Maybe the flag designer should have made them green. I have never heard of a red lily pad.
Friesland is a area that reaches into Germany and Denmark along the coast, only a tiny part of it is in the Netherlands, it's called brookmerland. They have their own language and history. To make things more confusing, a part of north Holland is called west Friesland.
Yes, thanks for the explanation. Btw, the “hearts” on the Frisian flag are not hearts, they're pompeblêden, which roughly translates to waterlily. Hope this helps :)
Good thing it doesn't happen every time this video is played. Or did Friesland sport a population of more than 10 million people before this video was released in 2012?
In the early 1980's, I was playing around with some shortwave radios of my grandparents. I eventually got a modern one for Christmas. Of all the national radio stations promoting their own countries (Voice of America, Radio Moscow, etc...), I found Radio Netherlands to be the coolest and just seemed to be more motivated to being fun...and I took that as a reflection of their country.
As a Dutchie: Your accent when pronouncing the province names is REALLY REALLY GREAT!!! I love a TH-cam channel that doesn't try to english the pronunciation (yes that's a verb now)
It is commonly known as Holland in the countries around the world. But if you were to take a closer look at the History, you might find out why others in this country dont like it when they are left out. They are basically denied. Yet they did contribute to the current situation in both the Netherlands as in Holland........... and frankly even in the world. But, again, one has to look at History. Not His Story. His Story is written by the victors. You can find it on wikipedia, discovery channel, national geographic, etc. But, that is only PART of what is called History. Remember: His Story is written by the victors and nobody has asked them if they told the truth.
Bunty Sonawane I mean... I live in Utrecht and I honestly couldn't care less whether people call the Netherlands "Holland". Looking at this comment section though, I feel like I'm the minority lol
You couldn't care less.......And there are many like you who don't care about History. You perhaps do care about His Story, since you don't want current lifestyle to get changed in any way shape or form. Or am i wrong?
bertjesklotepino I'm sorry that I don't expect everyone to know every detail of the world's history. Saying that I don't care about history would be wrong, just because this particular part of history doesn't interest me does not mean the more significant parts(in my eyes, at least) don't.
My friend Olivier............. People who live in a country that is invaded will defend themselves. Sometimes they wont win and so the invading force is the winner. Who writes the History of such a country? Is it the original habitants or is it those who invaded and won? I just ask this, because you again say something which shows you aint thinking before writing. First you said: You honestly couldn't care less whether people call the Netherlands Holland. Thereby you basically have admitted not knowing the difference, why there is one, how it came to be like that, etc. You might actually have offended people by saying something like that. Why? Well, take for instance the city i live in. It lost 2/3rd of the population thanks to starvation thanks to the person who people in "Holland" call the Father of our Fatherland. You know him under the name: Willem the Silent. And what do you call more significant parts of History? Btw, are we talking about His Story or History? Notice the different spelling pls. Those who win write His Story. Churchill said: His Story will be kind to me for i intend to write it. He did write His Story. But as Tolstoy said: History would be extraordinary if only it were true. Did the victors/winners tell you the truth? Have you asked them? I dont expect people to know about every detail, ofcourse not. BUT! When they dare say things like: "I honestly COULD NOT CARE LESS!!!!!!!! whether people call it this or that" You sir are old enough to vote. Im sorry, but normally one does expect people who are old enough to vote, and who may actually vote, to know some stuff about their REAL History. To make a Good Decision. But ofcourse nobody cares about anything of that anymore. So politicians can promise whatever they like, they will be put into power (not even voted for anymore, because voting has become an Illusion). And meanwhile everyone complains about the same things. Prices going up, etc etc. Yet nobody actually dares look at where it started. Not to say it all started over here in the Netherlands. Ofcourse not. But, we do have a painter coming from the city i live in who was the First to depict Hell in his paintings. You know him perhaps. Hieronymus Bosch. And his works like the Garden of Earthly Delights, or the Haywagon................. It is like he was a visionaire. Anyways, you are ofcourse free to "learn" whatever you want to learn......... or say whatever you want to say. The funny thing however is this: You may deny anything you want, or say stuff like that you could not care less about this part of History. You may however NOT do so in every Historical event. Think about that one........ In countries with freedom of speech you are allowed to say that you could not care less about all of it. Except one historical event which is protected by law.
Little tip from someone who's Dutch but not from Holland: when you're in the Netherlands outside of Holland, best avoid calling it Holland. You will get a scolding.
Actually Belgium has three governments: The federal government, the Flanders government (for the northern Dutch speaking part) and the Walloon government (for the southern French speaking parts). It is usually the federal government that is the problematic one.
If you also take into account the community governments then it actually has six: - The Federal government - The Flemish government - Government of the Walloon Region - Government of the French Community - Government of the Brussels-Capital Region - Government of the German-speaking Community But I thought I'd keep it to the big three to make it less confusing.
I love the rapid-fire presentation, although I had to pause it a hundred times to absorb the information. Magnificent presentation, wonderful information content, answered a question I had always wondered about. Wow! Sorry I asked!
I live in the Netherlands, and as I child, I didn’t know what to call my ow country in English. I once spoke to someone from I don’t know where, and that left me with confusion. You pronounce Dutch really well
In France we're called Les Pays-Bas, which means Les (plural) Pays (lands) Bas (low) = The Low Lands. Which is a quite accurate translation of The Netherlands, really... Funny thing is though, that "we" call our country Nederland (singular), yet the rest of the world still talks about us in plural "De Nederlanden", which I guess refers to the Kingdom "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" All in all pretty fascinating if you ask me :)
No it refers to the situation after the dukes of Burgundy by marriage alliances united Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Vlaanderen, Henegouwen en Brabant in one state. This was in the end of the 14th century.
John Doe pretty much every area had that because Empire slogan at one point in history it's just Europe is the more modern one if you could really use the word modern and those countries have survived all that time and not been conquered by others wait for it.... Because Empire LOL
Jo ga gewoon maar nederlands praten creatieve industrie op je mik gegooid, begrijp je dit? Op het oude pand staan de koekjes met melk en chocolade. Ik ga nu tot ziens.
"What is Holland?" "What do you mean what is it? It's a country right next to Belgium" "No that's the Netherlands" "Holland is the neatherlands" "Then who are the Dutch?" Peak 90s sitcomedy
You forgot to mention the Dutch East Indies, aka, Indonesia, where my very Dutch grandfather was born. His parents (my Oma and Opa) were from Rotterdam (so they were Hollanders) and they moved to Indonesia to live on a tea plantation and start a family. My grandpa’s uncle ran the Surabaya zoo, which was pretty cool (he’s even mentioned in the Wikipedia article about the zoo). Unfortunately, when grandpa was a child, his dad left to go to Europe to fight against the Nazis, and while he was gone, my Oma, my grandpa and his little sister were rounded up and put in a Japanese POW camp- and he can still speak fluent Japanese to this day (along with English, Indonesian, Dutch, and German). Thankfully Opa came back from the war alive, the rest of his family were let out of the POW camp, and they fled Indonesia (no longer friendly to the Dutch colonisers), stopping briefly in Holland before heading to Australia, where Oma and Opa lived out the rest of their lives. The end.
Katie_pol goed verhaal, lekker kort. Doen we niks mee. I totally don’t understand why he should mention the Dutch East Indies? The Dutch East Indies doesn’t exist anymore, thus totally not relevant for this video.
My family has the same history. Dutch people moving to Indonesia; establishing a family; WW2 (my great-grandfather died) & Japanese camps; they fled back to The Netherlands; and now my grandma (or Oma) can still speak bits and pieces of both Japanese & Indonesian (as well as Dutch, German and some English) and most of the family still lives here, though some people left for Canada. I think they're called internment camps though, since women and children aren't soldiers. The men were often POWs (at least my great-grandfather was). But yeah, just like some of the others, I agree that it isn't relevant for this story. The six Caribbean islands are still a part of our country, whereas Suriname & Indonesia aren't.
If only Indonesia's first president didn't like communists and stayed in the Dutch Commonwealth My father will stop complaining about hard to get visas to Europe
Even my native language, Netherland is officially called Holland. Without a doubt why I got confused the whole time. I can say it more confusing than UK, England and Great Britain. Great Explanation!
@ Lisa M It is confusing yes, maar als je kijkt naar het verleden en hun geschiedenis weet je dat, Willem Van Oranje, heel wat heeft laten veroveren. Ha ja, nu moet ik nog denken aan het beruchte schip, Den Vliegenden Hollander. Prachtig verhaal en waarheid, valt best mee om eens te lezen. Hun verleden en cultuur is echt de moeite waard om er eens naar opzoek te gaan. Inspirerend, zeer rijk, vol weetjes en avontuur. Eigenlijk weten we veel te weinig van onze noorderburen, dat zou anders kunnen en zouden we begrijpen waarom ze zo anders zijn dan ons. Zo, ik wens je een fijn week-einde toe. Peace ✌️.
@@gunnarallgottsmann. De graven van Vlaanderen stichtten Vlaanderen, de de graven van Holland stichtten Holland. Ooit was Belgie en Nederland verenigd in een succesvolle confederatie, de Foederata, het was een Gouden Eeuw, waaraan een einde kwam door de invallen van de Franse Revolutionaire legers. In de 19de eeuw was Belgie en Nederland weerom verenigd, doch een katholieke elite in Brussel ging dwars liggen, het volk werd niets gevraagd, en in 1830 kwam de breuk. Zo heel anders is de bevolking niet, daar we allemaal afstammen van de Germanen, met Saksen, Friezen, en Kelten. Die vrijheidslievende volken hebben de Romeinen flink op hun donder gegeven.
Particularly so since it's a pun on "So nice they named it twice." Which is the official slogan of the town of KeriKeri, in the Northland of... ...New Zealand.
It is actually one of the island's unofficial slogans or tag lines. It's not uncommon to hear locals refer to it as such to tourists. But most do prefer "the friendly island" because it's less wordy.
I often think about how cool it would to be the US president, then I get confused by a four minute video about The Netherlands and I just lose all faith.
I visited Domburg (Zeeland) between my 6th birthday to my 20th birthday almost every summer. I am German, but i can speak dutch because of it. Understanding is never the problem between Germans and Dutch. Unfortunately, Domburg is no longer an insider tip. Every year there were more tourists. It is now the second Mallorca, because of the beauty of Zeeland.
*And I can understand why many Dutch people dont like us Germans. Many are presumptuous and automatically assume that Dutch people are speaking German. Many are almost outraged when they can't.
people of other countries wont understand sadly, but let me explain the efteling is the most popular atraction park in the netherlands located in north brabant. maybe there are multiple but idk
Hey, just someone from the Caribbean here. Actually goes to school in Saint Maarten ( the french side called st martin but in the Caribbean, we normally here to curaçao as cure - a - sow, not cure - a - Co. Don’t know if this is the actual pronunciation but fun fact ig. Love ur vids btw CGP : ) 🙂
Personally, I use Holland and the Netherlands interchangeably when talking to foreigners / in English, since some countries call us Holland, I believe Spain does for example, and in French it makes more sense because Dutch is Hollandais. So I don't really care about the confusion in day to day life, but it's still really cool to hear someone carefully explain the differences.
@@callancras2190 The British captured the city during a war. When they signed a peace treaty with the Netherlands, it was agreed that they would keep it and the Netherlands would get Suriname.
the red shapes on the flag of Friesland are supposed to be water lilies, not hearts, and are specifically instructed to not be drawn heart-like. edit: i still really like the idea of them being hearts
FINALLY!! Somebody who can explain the difference properly for people asking stuff like: person: "where are you from?". Me: "I'm from the Netherlands". Person: "where in Amsterdam is that?" By the way, I really like it that you at least tried to pronounce the words/names in Dutch. You got really close with Drenthe en Friesland
+Breno Muniz what's that "Portuguese" "tilde" doing on top of the second "a"? But you're right, people from and on the island even call (and write) it "Korsou". I have heard many ways of pronouncing the name of my island, but this was UNIQUE! Nobody told him, and he didnt ask anyone. Not very professional...
+ breno muniz In Portuguese it is indeed the sign for nasalization "instead of the final n", like in "nacao", but it is neither written on the name of Curacao, nor is the ending "nasal". Its pronunciation is 'curasao" or, in Papiamentu, Kòrsou.
Breno Muniz In Portuguese it is indeed the sign for nasalization "instead of the final n", like in "nacao", but it is neither written on the name of Curacao, nor is the ending "nasal". Its pronunciation is 'curasao" or, in Papiamentu, Kòrsou.
Nicely explained. I vagely recall a quiz show with a question about the common border of the Netherlands and France - so long ago. Imagine travelling from Sweden over the Atlantic Ocean to some island and the people there speak Dutch. Quite funny.
Side note about the currency (for those who care). Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius were once part of the Netherlands Antilles. Since the Netherlands' old currency was the guilder (Dutch: gulden) these islands used that too. The Netherlands' currency changed to euros but these islands stayed with the Netherlands Antillan guilder (does not look like the Dutch guilder). Aruba wanted to become independant and by doing so in 1986 changed its currency to Aruban guilder, which has the same value of the Netherlands Antillan guilder. Curaçao and St. Maarten later on wanted to become independant as well and in 2010 the Netherlands Antilles dissolved. With this the islands Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius were still a part of the Netherlands and changed their currency officially to the US dollar. Despite Curaçao and St. Maarten now being independant, they are still stuck with the Netherlands Antillan guilder and they are planning to possibly change their currency to the Carribean guilder which they want to make themselves. If this doesn't happen St. Maarten may switch to the US dollar and Curaçao will most likely stay with the Netherlands Antillan guilder. 1 US dollar = 1.790 guilders. The Carribean guilder would still have the same value, but another look and different bills.
Our currency (from Aruba is called Florin). The equivalent in compare to the U.S dollar is 1 U.S dollar is 1.75 Aruban Florin Which is close to the value of the gulden (guilder). I think Curacao has they're own florin as well. We and Curacao are both independent and have a good relationship with the Netherlands, mostly Curacao because Aruba is adopting the ways of the U.S. Which i would feel allot better if we adopt the ways of the Netherlands (no off). But yeaah. further more i would like to add that Bonaire current currency is just the American dollar. They are the least develop of us 3. Dont know about the other Islands.
@@maikilreategui1271 The old Dutch guilder was also named florin (actually: florijn) long ago. That's why the currency symbol for it was the fancy F. "ƒ"
Also, because the island of St.Maarten is also half french (St.Martin) we use 3 different currencies. The Netherlands Antillean guilder as the official currency of the Dutch half, the European Euro as official currency of the French side and the US dollar because it is such a high traffic tourist destination so it make it easier to use when switching back and forth between the halves of the island. (It also makes it easier for the locals to have a currency that is accepted on both sides of the island)
to make matters worse, it is confirmed the the dutch language was just invented to prank the germans! As a german i can confirm, that dutch just suonds funny but is no real language. Ask any dutch person, they will confirm /i
@@Chrome2105 To be fair the English were trading with the Dutch before they were independent. Since they were a part of the Holy Roman Empire (which was German) it's a valid mistake.
I'm dutch, and i live in Limburg. And i really like the way you're explaining the Past of The Netherlands. And it's empire. Basically The Netherlands it's that small.
As a New Yorker, I'd find it complicated to refer to people as New Amsterdamians? Plus, we know our Dutch roots, there are buildings and entire neighborhoods named after Peter Stuyvesant.
I know this is not a joke but it had me laughing hysterically, because it's living proof that humans are mixed up and capricious. I specifically like the part about Hawaii using the Yuan as their currency as a not subtle comparison.
@@wich1 Yep, you are correct. I saw the writing on the bill and thought it was Chinese, but failed to see that pagoda like structure which IS Japanese. I apparently did not hear him say Yen. thanks.
@@benth162 Understandable confusion. Much of the Japanese language is derived from Chinese characters, and as a result both languages look similar when written. Yen and Yuan also sound alike
@Hernando Malinche money is weird in languages because although they all mean “dollar” in some sense, they all have different values and look different so it’s not a direct correlation. This is why yen translates to 日元 in Chinese not just 元 because yen is defined as the base Japanese currency and yuan as the base Chinese currency. Otherwise it’s fine mixing them up if you don’t know the languages
Finally someone explains it! I am Dutch, so I knew this. By the way, the hearts on the flag of Friesland are not hearts but a Pompleblêd, a type of leaf.
@Gerrie van Boven bro je komt uit brabant het is niet eens mogelijk dat je een IQ van boven de 80 hebt man praat over zijn IQ terwijl letterlijk niemand het over IQ had
The interest is fading away from this kind of things nowadays, so people don't give a *. When I became 21 or so, I suddenly had an interest in these things, and let's say that I can watch documentaries about all sort of mostly real events all day, without a problem. Most of the times couldn't even tell you what I watched that day because my brain is malfunctioning. Or I tend to mix up parts of documentaries which often results in very werird stories, and often ends up the question if I can share some of the drugs I took making that plot.
Im Polish living in England and before i came to England i never heard of the Netherlands. In Poland we use Holand as official name of Netherlands. Funny enough in Poland we have upper Slask and lower Slask but i never heard anyone call Poland Slask even though its the same situation. Thank you for this i will spread the awareness.
Great job on the pronunciations! You sound like a native Dutch person. The only one I have a challenge with is the island of Curacao which I believe is pronounced like "Cur(e)-a-SOW" (like the end part rhymes with COW).
He should've gone in depth about how creole it's language papiamentu is. Coming from a Portuguese background myself, it's crazy interesting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento
For me, the confusion comes from being a bilingual person. In Portuguese, the Netherlands are called "Holanda" (the H at the beginning is silent), which sounds awfully close to Holland, and often I'll get confused because of the similarities.
Jamaican Wilson it might be but he literally went out of his way to pronounce every Dutch city as a Dutch would so a Portuguese word should merit the same.
in some languages there is literally no translation for netherlands, for example the Turkish nae of teh country is Hollanda and there is no word for netherlands. And it is also the same case for some other languages. That is probably why globally there is a confusion between holland and netherlands
And now to complicate further; the national anthem of the Netherlands proclaims "...ben ik van Duitse bloed" --of German blood and "...de Koning van Espanje heb ik altijd geeerd" --I have always honoured the king of Spain. Yeah, now it's crazy.
It's not that crazy if you know the history behind it. The national anthem is about William the Silent who was born in Germany and who served the king of Spain until he lead the revolt that eventually lead to the independence of the Netherlands.
Duitsen bloed / Duytschen bloet: Duits is afgeleid van Diets, wat weer een afkorting is van Nederdiets. Het betekent Nederlands, en niet Duits, zoals vaak wordt gedacht.
niemand hier Dat is niet helemaal waar. Dat is een van de verklaringen, maar de andere is Willem van Nassau, zoals hij in het lied genoemd wordt, en Nassau ligt in... Duitsland.
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 not only that we call Netherlands 'Holandia' but have a word 'Niderlandy' (Low Countries) which is the name of the region.
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 But Poland has something in defense Kingdom of the Netherlands (4 countries) is called 'Królestwo Niderlandów' so at least this is right
Hey cool video! just a quick btw Curacao isn't pronounced like Curakao, its a more soft C so its pronounced like Curassao. Also as of 2010 it is its own independent country.
Yes, I believe it comes from the portuguese word "Curação", wich means healing, or art of healing, and sounds exactly like "Coração" (heart, in portuguese).
Small correction, the "hearts" in the Frisian flag are actually leaves of a waterlily type plant. Other than that, great to see it explained properly :).
That's a good analogy. In the 17th and 18th century the seven United Provinces were utterly dominated by Holland that paid 58% of all taxes. Nowadays the Holland provinces plus some adjacent territories have some 7/8 million people. The rest of the Netherlands have around 9/10 million people. Since Holland has lots of immigrants (half of the population is foreign born) it nowadays needs lots of subsidies from the rest of the country (taxes collected elsewhere are spent in Holland). So the power balance in the Netherlands is shifting and power will probably shift further away from Holland in the coming decades.
@@roodborstkalf9664 'half of the population is foreign born' hahahah yeah right. 'it nowadays needs lots of subsidies from the rest of the country' lol nevermind, you're just delusional.
In some languages it has several names where one sounds like "Holland" and the other sounds like, or means, "Nether-lands" English: Holland, Netherlands Finnish: Holaanti, Alaankomaat (if I spelt that correctly?) Tamil: Hollandi, Neetaarlandi (I most surely spelt that incorrectly) And the list goes on
@@nachoqualsevol554 And we had to learn a word for nationality : "NEerlandes", when it used to be much easier . You are from Holanda ---> you are Holandes. May be it's always existed , just had never heard of it before .
@@theramendutchman Finnish: Hollanti, Alankomaat Almost correct, and thanks for the effort 😉 Btw. Alankomaat means same as Netherlands, it's just finnish.
Rule of the thumb: The Netherlands can never be used in English as an adjective. The word Dutch can never be used on the actual location of ... The Netherlands ... on the map (unless you speak of the Dutch Provinces or counties or Dutch Soil). A Dutchman comes from the Netherlands and is Dutch. Dutch cheese, Dutch Language and the Dutch themselves all originate from The Netherlands. What CGP forgot to mention is that Holland used to be one Province of the Low Lands (The Holy Roman Empire and later the Republic) containing what is now known as North- and South Holland. The word Holland means hollow land because it can be seen as a trench running from north to south bordered on the east by the higher land of The Netherlands (that therefore isn't nether) and the Dunes on the west. So Holland Is always low land (except the Dunes of course, oh, and the Beach Banks which are ancient) but the Netherlands are only partly "Nether" although the whole country is netherer than the countries on the East but not on the South (Belgium) but that country used to be called The Netherlands as well. It's simple...
@@leirumf5476 Normally there are rules whether a C is a K or an S, when there's a hook or when it's a Cedille it means, as far as I know, that it's just pronounced in the S variant. In Dutch the rule is very basically: CE CI CY, CA CO CU ; SE SI SY, KA KO KU and in Dutch you generally don't use a cedille.
to make it more complicated. Amsterdam is the capital of Nederland and is situated in Noord-Holland. But Amsterdam is not the capital of Noord-Holland. The capital of Noord-Holland is Haarlem :-)
rodlurks66 And the Hague in dutch language is ''Den Haag'' but actually it is named 's-Gravenhage. And the capital of Noord-Braband is ''Den Bosch'' everybody calls it ''Den Bosch'' but it is actually it is 's-Hertogenbosch and that is also on all traffic signs.
hasse Siemonsdochter Close. "Den Haag" and "'s-Hertogenbosch" are the official (and oldest) names and that's why you see them on the traffic signs and in official documents. "'s-Gravenhage" and "Den Bosch" are not the official names, but colloquialisms. Oddly enough, while the city is officially called "Den Haag", the municipality (gemeente) is called "'s-Gravenhage", even though that term is some 2 centuries newer than the one "Den Haag" and it is falling into disuse.
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So referring to the Netherlands as Holland is exactly like referring to the UK as England?
Yes, even worse, England is a larger part of the UK then Holland is of the Netherlands.
Worse. Atleast England is one of the four countries that is UK but N & S Holland are only two provinces out of 12 there are, important provinces though they might be.
@@themblue8236 I mean kinda true since the region called Holland used to be it's own county under the burgundian rule.
Other names for the Netherlands throughout history include: the United Provinces/Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, Dutch Republic, Batavian Republic(Puppet of France), Kingdom of Holland(Napoleon era his brother ruled the Kingdom.), the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The crown was made a hereditary office of the House of Orange-Nassau under the ruler William I. After which Belgium and Luxemburg later broke away and now it's known and recognized as the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
@@dnw009 Not really though. It was a country located at about the place that now is occupied by noord and zuid Holland (and taking a bit more room towards the north and south especially). Friesland however is an even older country, and so was the duchy of Brabant, (and Vlaandren, but those left because.. why?) but the countries were united into one at the founding of "de verenigde Nederlanden" (take note of the plural "landen"). The country has been renamed a few times, but in its entirety it was never formally named Holland.
no, like london
"It's gonna get more complicated"
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Me: well that helps.
Subtitles help. :-)
I thought he was going to mention how in many romance language-speaking countries, like Spain for example, Holanda and Países Bajos (Netherlands) can be used interchangeably and they both mean the country.
That's how the Spanish do it...
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America -> Americans
Germany -> Germans
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Netherlands -> Dutch
Germany comes from "germani", which means 'the people' in Latin. In German, Germany is called "Deutschland". 'Dutch' and 'Deutsch' both come from the Proto-Germanic word for 'the people'.
The Dutch, being the closest Germanic people to England, called them Dutch instead of the Germans
It’s USA= Americans
Why you Americans do not understand america is a CONTINENT
Myanmar -> Burmese
@@jan_h Germani doesn't mean "the people" in Latin. The etymology is rather uncertain. Although the Proto-Germanic word does give the source for "Dutch" and such, it's worth noting the tribal aspect of the word *þiudiskaz, as they used it in reference to themselves (it can be translated as "of the tribe").
I’m from Saint Martin (French Part) and it is extremely difficult to explain our very unique island to people in other countries. Great video and explanation about the Dutch part. The French side is a collectivité d’outre-mer (COM) basically means an over seas collective of France Republic and runs similar to how the Netherlands runs its Dutch islands for the most part.
Don't Football teams from your island also take part in the french national cup?
To confuse more there is an island in Bangladesh named Saint Martin's island.
Are you allowed to freely cross the border to the Dutch part of Saint Martin? (I mean without customs and passport stuff)
@@Menno_R I looked on the map and I don't see any customs :))
As a "Nederlander" I expected to learn nothing. Never under estimate CGP Grey.
I love hearing foreigners pronounce Dutch words. Ever heard an American try to say pannenkoek? It's hilarious.
Haha pennencook😂😂
@@SkyP9812 wait, you’re saying there’s a high possibility I’ve been saying pannenkoek wrong? Also why can it be spelt as pannekoek?
Idon’t know, how what english word looks like “koek” when u pronounce it?
@@SkyP9812 How do you pronounce it? (I'm not American)
I don't understand my own country send help.
Hanging there
gwn doen alsof
doen we allemaal
I don't understand my neighbouring country, wat nou?
+Der Schweigefuchs zelfmoord nee grapje niet doen😊
As an islander living in The Netherlands I have spent a lifetime explaining this to friends from other countries. Nice video!
Sometimes even to the Dutch 😂🤦🏻♂️
Yep
Same
@@LJBP2319 dat ook
So you live on texel or vlieland or terschelling or ameland or schiermonnikook I am dutch so i know all the names of the Waddeneilanden
As a Belgian, when I started learning English it always confused me how in English 'Nederlands' is translated 'dutch' even though for me it was just the language for German speaking people (Duits).
Also I went to the Netherlands yesterday so this was a very nice video!
MAAR ALLE IK BEN GEKILD DOOR EEN KERSTBOOM
@@Vuurwerk_0493 That isn't even propper dutch.
@@voidbite Het is een fortnite meme.
It has a historic reason. Dutch languages/dialects used to be called Diets. And I believe there wasn't as much a distinction between Duits and Diets, because people mostly spoke in their own regional dialects anyway. But I only knew of the existance of "Diets". Wikipedia does have a page on it.
@@Vuurwerk_0493 translated; but all i was killed by a crismas tree
Never thought I would learn about my own country from another language.
Rukey Burg ik ook (me too)
Dan kun je je schoolgeld terugvorderen, heb toch niets aan gehad
ZZtop 1700 ik nooit topografie gehad, die krijg je niet op Curaçaose basisschool
Ik oot
niet de enige nederlander hier
I have a feeling that all european history books should just adopt "because empire" as their slogan.
voodoodummie because only Europeans know how to Empire? (looking at Japan, USA, Persia and the Mongols)
Ireland would feel pretty left out.
Wouter Boender USA and empire... lol.
voodoodummie and that history teachers say when someone asks why, they say because empire
Just as the whole MENA region should adopt "because Muslim imperialism" slogan.
Fun fact! The little “hearts” on the Friesland flag are actually Lilly petals. The more you know
He frikandel broodje kopen
I knew they weren't hearts, but I didn't know they were lily pads! Maybe the flag designer should have made them green. I have never heard of a red lily pad.
@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions petals, not the pad
@@mbrusyda9437 That actually makes more sense! For some reason, I misread "petals" for "pads". Thanks, Muhammad!
Friesland is a area that reaches into Germany and Denmark along the coast, only a tiny part of it is in the Netherlands, it's called brookmerland. They have their own language and history. To make things more confusing, a part of north Holland is called west Friesland.
Yes, thanks for the explanation. Btw, the “hearts” on the Frisian flag are not hearts, they're pompeblêden, which roughly translates to waterlily. Hope this helps :)
never knew. my parents explained these as hearts too but thanks for clarification
i live in overijssel so i didnt know
My Frisian ass was just about to say that 😭😭
@ManolisLoukopoulos how 💀
This is the kind of video where you can’t read comments and watch at the same time
😂
Would be true for any person except for a Nederlander. Netherlanders can do five things at the same time.
It's unwatchable PERIOD. Why the hell is he going so fast??
@@desertodavid It's totally watchable if you've background knowledge of geography and history.
You nailed it 👌
Watch it in 0.5 speed to be confused a bit slower
Thanks for the tip!
lol
So true. But a great synopsis.
It’s not that hard to grasp
@@mozziezapper Oh wow we got Mr smartypants here. The man who knows everything and hates jokes.
0:43 fun fact: everytime someone calls them hearts instead of pompeblêden, someone in Friesland explodes
well, that escalated quickly!
Good thing it doesn't happen every time this video is played. Or did Friesland sport a population of more than 10 million people before this video was released in 2012?
@@predwin1998 Friesland is an empty wasteland now
Hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts.
Cheers from Groningen ;P
@@-Slinger- jij praat veel poep voor iemand met scheuren in z'n huis
(Deze comment is gesponsord door de Niet-Groningen gang)
In the early 1980's, I was playing around with some shortwave radios of my grandparents. I eventually got a modern one for Christmas. Of all the national radio stations promoting their own countries (Voice of America, Radio Moscow, etc...), I found Radio Netherlands to be the coolest and just seemed to be more motivated to being fun...and I took that as a reflection of their country.
"an island so nice they named it thrice"
choked on my coffee
I listened to that thrice
I just had the same reaction and I had already read your comment.
That’s the CGP Grey way; making people choke on their coffee and other things.
Idk why but I was thinking about moto moto
Why?
This is funny to watch when you're Dutch.
Hoe hij de namen van de provincies uitspreekt is geweldig om te horen.
+Thom De Bom Ja, lol XD
i know
I'm planning to move to one of your former colonies. Can you guess which one?
yo soy latino
latinos al poder
ok no
ok si
vendo tamales
As a Dutchie: Your accent when pronouncing the province names is REALLY REALLY GREAT!!! I love a TH-cam channel that doesn't try to english the pronunciation (yes that's a verb now)
The word you were searching for is anglicize. 🇬🇧
@@NorthernSeaWitch I wasn't searching for a word, I was making a joke with it and got it wrong on purpose.
His mother is Dutch, that's why he speak Dutch too
As a Dutch person I agree
You probably mean "anglicise".
As a Dutchman I just wanted to say that I am very impressed with your pronunciation of Dutch words, especially of the provinces!
@Gerrie van Boven gerrie van achteren
Those “hearts” on the Friese flag are actually Lily pads
Red lily pads
And hearts are a metaphor for how women look from behind when they bend over. And given Dutch women, well...
Stephen Greydanus we do, actually. I have never met someone in Friesland who cant speak Dutch.
I like hearts better
@@Avenus112 i see sexism is alive and well. You should work on that
0:38 We did it, we found Old Zealand boys
It’s kinda the shit hole of the Netherlands we put our nuclear trash there.
nietLars nah, its the beach of The Netherlands
FloorDM shithole
@@nietlars5563 Under the rivers everything gets worse. Zeeland gets the Nuclear stuff, Noord-Brabant gets the toxic stuff and Limburg gets Limburgers
Zeeland is great for vacation
All this while I thought Holland is just another name for The Netherlands.
It is commonly known as Holland in the countries around the world.
But if you were to take a closer look at the History, you might find out why others in this country dont like it when they are left out.
They are basically denied. Yet they did contribute to the current situation in both the Netherlands as in Holland........... and frankly even in the world.
But, again, one has to look at History. Not His Story.
His Story is written by the victors. You can find it on wikipedia, discovery channel, national geographic, etc.
But, that is only PART of what is called History.
Remember: His Story is written by the victors and nobody has asked them if they told the truth.
Bunty Sonawane I mean... I live in Utrecht and I honestly couldn't care less whether people call the Netherlands "Holland". Looking at this comment section though, I feel like I'm the minority lol
You couldn't care less.......And there are many like you who don't care about History.
You perhaps do care about His Story, since you don't want current lifestyle to get changed in any way shape or form.
Or am i wrong?
bertjesklotepino I'm sorry that I don't expect everyone to know every detail of the world's history. Saying that I don't care about history would be wrong, just because this particular part of history doesn't interest me does not mean the more significant parts(in my eyes, at least) don't.
My friend Olivier.............
People who live in a country that is invaded will defend themselves. Sometimes they wont win and so the invading force is the winner.
Who writes the History of such a country?
Is it the original habitants or is it those who invaded and won?
I just ask this, because you again say something which shows you aint thinking before writing.
First you said: You honestly couldn't care less whether people call the Netherlands Holland.
Thereby you basically have admitted not knowing the difference, why there is one, how it came to be like that, etc.
You might actually have offended people by saying something like that.
Why?
Well, take for instance the city i live in.
It lost 2/3rd of the population thanks to starvation thanks to the person who people in "Holland" call the Father of our Fatherland. You know him under the name: Willem the Silent.
And what do you call more significant parts of History?
Btw, are we talking about His Story or History? Notice the different spelling pls.
Those who win write His Story.
Churchill said: His Story will be kind to me for i intend to write it.
He did write His Story. But as Tolstoy said: History would be extraordinary if only it were true.
Did the victors/winners tell you the truth? Have you asked them?
I dont expect people to know about every detail, ofcourse not.
BUT!
When they dare say things like: "I honestly COULD NOT CARE LESS!!!!!!!! whether people call it this or that"
You sir are old enough to vote.
Im sorry, but normally one does expect people who are old enough to vote, and who may actually vote, to know some stuff about their REAL History. To make a Good Decision.
But ofcourse nobody cares about anything of that anymore.
So politicians can promise whatever they like, they will be put into power (not even voted for anymore, because voting has become an Illusion).
And meanwhile everyone complains about the same things. Prices going up, etc etc.
Yet nobody actually dares look at where it started. Not to say it all started over here in the Netherlands. Ofcourse not.
But, we do have a painter coming from the city i live in who was the First to depict Hell in his paintings. You know him perhaps. Hieronymus Bosch.
And his works like the Garden of Earthly Delights, or the Haywagon................. It is like he was a visionaire.
Anyways, you are ofcourse free to "learn" whatever you want to learn......... or say whatever you want to say.
The funny thing however is this: You may deny anything you want, or say stuff like that you could not care less about this part of History.
You may however NOT do so in every Historical event.
Think about that one........ In countries with freedom of speech you are allowed to say that you could not care less about all of it. Except one historical event which is protected by law.
As a dutch person, your pronunciation was surprisingly accurate. People almost always struggle to say "Zuid Holland"
Behalve curakao 😂
Huh, I thought the provinces of the Netherlands would be called Nether-regions.
Lol
**Nether-Realms**
@@TRJK the kingdom should be called netherrealm to avoid confusion between Netherland and Netherland. small steps, right.
Nah, they should be called Nether Biomes
The Netherlands got a nice update as well
There is a link to hagelslag in the description, but these are €25,-?!?! In the Netherlands you can buy a pack for about €1,50!
Ik koop ze voor €1,- bij de AH
@@user-mt4bk4ml7t bij vomar is het 99 cent :)
Het is een drie pak
@@user-mt4bk4ml7t ahahaha
10 cent bij de action
"Because... Empire." Classic
Little tip from someone who's Dutch but not from Holland: when you're in the Netherlands outside of Holland, best avoid calling it Holland. You will get a scolding.
Even more confusing when you hear the Dutch root for their national football team. "Hup Holland Hup...".
Nee gast het is fc utrecht
well, some people make songs and we dont think about it.
Let the lion not stand in his little shirt…of zoiets?
Tell me something that is more complicated...
Oh, U forgot.
The Belgian Government.
Just go to Geography Now.
Unless you get seigures.
Then just go to Bulgaria's physical geography.
:)
Belgium more often hasn't got a government than they have. ;;;)
Actually Belgium has three governments: The federal government, the Flanders government (for the northern Dutch speaking part) and the Walloon government (for the southern French speaking parts). It is usually the federal government that is the problematic one.
it has 5
If you also take into account the community governments then it actually has six:
- The Federal government
- The Flemish government
- Government of the Walloon Region
- Government of the French Community
- Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
- Government of the German-speaking Community
But I thought I'd keep it to the big three to make it less confusing.
I love the rapid-fire presentation, although I had to pause it a hundred times to absorb the information. Magnificent presentation, wonderful information content, answered a question I had always wondered about. Wow! Sorry I asked!
I live in the Netherlands, and as I child, I didn’t know what to call my ow country in English. I once spoke to someone from I don’t know where, and that left me with confusion. You pronounce Dutch really well
Your country is called Dutchland.
@@TheBooban I knew since I saw this video
In France we're called Les Pays-Bas, which means Les (plural) Pays (lands) Bas (low) = The Low Lands. Which is a quite accurate translation of The Netherlands, really...
Funny thing is though, that "we" call our country Nederland (singular), yet the rest of the world still talks about us in plural "De Nederlanden", which I guess refers to the Kingdom "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden"
All in all pretty fascinating if you ask me :)
No it refers to the situation after the dukes of Burgundy by marriage alliances united Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Vlaanderen, Henegouwen en Brabant in one state. This was in the end of the 14th century.
"The Netherlands" also seems like a pretty accurate translation,
Roodborst Kalf a bit late but also in the 15th
The Netherlands in English is a literal translation as well
"The kingdom of the lower lands"
It's hilarious and scary how often modern history can be explained by saying "Because, empires."
John Doe hahah true
John Doe It could be a star wars joke:
-Hey why did that planet gone?
-Becouse Empire!
Gamers Combat mmm mabey
John Doe pretty much every area had that because Empire slogan at one point in history it's just Europe is the more modern one if you could really use the word modern and those countries have survived all that time and not been conquered by others wait for it.... Because Empire LOL
Really creative...
New Netherlands
New Amsterdam
New Sealand
New Holland.
*New Zealand
New JijBuis
Jo ga gewoon maar nederlands praten creatieve industrie op je mik gegooid, begrijp je dit? Op het oude pand staan de koekjes met melk en chocolade. Ik ga nu tot ziens.
New York,
New Hampshire,
New England
And all the other places in the USA that have the same name/are named after places in the UK..
Few centuries later (assuming the stupid leaders are kicked and nukes are not launched) there would be new earth, new sun, new mars
"What is Holland?"
"What do you mean what is it? It's a country right next to Belgium"
"No that's the Netherlands"
"Holland is the neatherlands"
"Then who are the Dutch?"
Peak 90s sitcomedy
You forgot to mention the Dutch East Indies, aka, Indonesia, where my very Dutch grandfather was born. His parents (my Oma and Opa) were from Rotterdam (so they were Hollanders) and they moved to Indonesia to live on a tea plantation and start a family. My grandpa’s uncle ran the Surabaya zoo, which was pretty cool (he’s even mentioned in the Wikipedia article about the zoo).
Unfortunately, when grandpa was a child, his dad left to go to Europe to fight against the Nazis, and while he was gone, my Oma, my grandpa and his little sister were rounded up and put in a Japanese POW camp- and he can still speak fluent Japanese to this day (along with English, Indonesian, Dutch, and German). Thankfully Opa came back from the war alive, the rest of his family were let out of the POW camp, and they fled Indonesia (no longer friendly to the Dutch colonisers), stopping briefly in Holland before heading to Australia, where Oma and Opa lived out the rest of their lives.
The end.
Katie_pol goed verhaal, lekker kort. Doen we niks mee. I totally don’t understand why he should mention the Dutch East Indies? The Dutch East Indies doesn’t exist anymore, thus totally not relevant for this video.
This video is about the current situation, not about the past.
That was interesting. I enjoyed your narrative.
My family has the same history. Dutch people moving to Indonesia; establishing a family; WW2 (my great-grandfather died) & Japanese camps; they fled back to The Netherlands; and now my grandma (or Oma) can still speak bits and pieces of both Japanese & Indonesian (as well as Dutch, German and some English) and most of the family still lives here, though some people left for Canada.
I think they're called internment camps though, since women and children aren't soldiers. The men were often POWs (at least my great-grandfather was).
But yeah, just like some of the others, I agree that it isn't relevant for this story. The six Caribbean islands are still a part of our country, whereas Suriname & Indonesia aren't.
If only Indonesia's first president didn't like communists and stayed in the Dutch Commonwealth
My father will stop complaining about hard to get visas to Europe
This is all double Dutch to me...
Haha I see what you did there!
Malcolm McLaren?
The test isnt that confusing.
The test:
Im Netherland and also dutch and also European and also Caribbean but im mostly called holland
You are dutch not Netherlands
OMG you really didn't get it.
I am the 69th like
yes
Even my native language, Netherland is officially called Holland. Without a doubt why I got confused the whole time. I can say it more confusing than UK, England and Great Britain. Great Explanation!
I’m from Belgium and I’m more confused than ever after watching this
Awel zulle.
@ Lisa M It is confusing yes, maar als je kijkt naar het verleden en hun geschiedenis weet je dat, Willem Van Oranje, heel wat heeft laten veroveren. Ha ja, nu moet ik nog denken aan het beruchte schip, Den Vliegenden Hollander. Prachtig verhaal en waarheid, valt best mee om eens te lezen. Hun verleden en cultuur is echt de moeite waard om er eens naar opzoek te gaan. Inspirerend, zeer rijk, vol weetjes en avontuur. Eigenlijk weten we veel te weinig van onze noorderburen, dat zou anders kunnen en zouden we begrijpen waarom ze zo anders zijn dan ons. Zo, ik wens je een fijn week-einde toe. Peace ✌️.
@@gunnarallgottsmann. De graven van Vlaanderen stichtten Vlaanderen, de de graven van Holland stichtten Holland. Ooit was Belgie en Nederland verenigd in een succesvolle confederatie, de Foederata, het was een Gouden Eeuw, waaraan een einde kwam door de invallen van de Franse Revolutionaire legers. In de 19de eeuw was Belgie en Nederland weerom verenigd, doch een katholieke elite in Brussel ging dwars liggen, het volk werd niets gevraagd, en in 1830 kwam de breuk. Zo heel anders is de bevolking niet, daar we allemaal afstammen van de Germanen, met Saksen, Friezen, en Kelten. Die vrijheidslievende volken hebben de Romeinen flink op hun donder gegeven.
Hi Lisa , I am from India , Is it possible to get a work visa from your country.. tell em atleast
Ik zie het onnozele gezicht van een typische Belg voor me... Bevestiging van het stereotype weer!
"An Island so nice they named it thrice"
This
Leo King Always loved this hahaha
Particularly so since it's a pun on "So nice they named it twice." Which is the official slogan of the town of KeriKeri, in the Northland of... ...New Zealand.
It is actually one of the island's unofficial slogans or tag lines. It's not uncommon to hear locals refer to it as such to tourists. But most do prefer "the friendly island" because it's less wordy.
I often think about how cool it would to be the US president, then I get confused by a four minute video about The Netherlands and I just lose all faith.
Didn't stop the current guy.
I don't think the current president understands his own country let alone the Netherlands
You would be a great president, at least you aknowlegde when you don't understand a thing. Better then what youhave now
And then there's your effectively 2 party system. We got 16.
@@StefanVeenstra Luckily Grey has a great video on this too on removing FPTP voting systems.
I visited Domburg (Zeeland) between my 6th birthday to my 20th birthday almost every summer. I am German, but i can speak dutch because of it. Understanding is never the problem between Germans and Dutch. Unfortunately, Domburg is no longer an insider tip. Every year there were more tourists. It is now the second Mallorca, because of the beauty of Zeeland.
*And I can understand why many Dutch people dont like us Germans. Many are presumptuous and automatically assume that Dutch people are speaking German. Many are almost outraged when they can't.
CGP Grey: "North and South Holland have the biggest attractions in the Netherlands, Amsterdam and Keukenhof"
*Sad Efteling noices*
people of other countries wont understand sadly, but let me explain the efteling is the most popular atraction park in the netherlands located in north brabant. maybe there are multiple but idk
True
ahw...
@@thorvanheghe4023 i meant to say that north Brabant actually has the biggest attraction in the netherlands
@@yourlocalkoploper3887 As a Brabander I agree
FRIESLAND'S FLAG HAS WATER-LILY LEAVES ON IT, NOT HEARTS. (I know, nobody cares, but, you know, facts)
really?
Yep, everyone except for the Frisians think it's hearts...makes you wonder who is actually right, doesn't it :P
I care. Upvoted.
Exactly! the hearts are only in the groningen province (Ommelanden, province without the city) flag! Frisians use Lilys.
Link of both flags, Ommelanden Flag= nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ommelanden_(Groningen) , Frisian Flag = commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frisian_flag.svg
Hey, just someone from the Caribbean here. Actually goes to school in Saint Maarten ( the french side called st martin but in the Caribbean, we normally here to curaçao as cure - a - sow, not cure - a - Co. Don’t know if this is the actual pronunciation but fun fact ig. Love ur vids btw CGP : ) 🙂
Kuh- rah- sao I'd think of phonetically.
This is correct. The little accent under the second "c" makes it soft.
Personally, I use Holland and the Netherlands interchangeably when talking to foreigners / in English, since some countries call us Holland, I believe Spain does for example, and in French it makes more sense because Dutch is Hollandais.
So I don't really care about the confusion in day to day life, but it's still really cool to hear someone carefully explain the differences.
Except that the french call the Netherlands "Les Pays-Bas (the low lands)" so that doesn't make sense all of a sudden.
it's actually néerlandais in French and Países Bajos (i.e., Netherlands) in Spanish
This was an excellent explanation. I’ve heard of all of the mentioned places, but had no idea how it all fit together. Very well done!
The Dutch are just such nice, open-minded and rational-thinking people! Greetings from your brothers 🇩🇪🇳🇱
Thanks, this little joke made my day.
Hey guys look! A German with a sense of humor!
Stop right there.
Thanks.
Thats why you attacked us in 1945
Old New York was once New Amsterdam? Why'd they change it? _I_ can't say, people just liked it better that way.
Rob Mckennie Because the British kicked the Dutch out of the region and renamed the city after one of their own cities instead.
@@saphira8080 The Dutch traded New Amsterdam to the British for Suriname
@@callancras2190 The British captured the city during a war. When they signed a peace treaty with the Netherlands, it was agreed that they would keep it and the Netherlands would get Suriname.
guys, I think he referred to the song constantinople...
Aaand Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Thank you for making this it pisses me of if someone calls it Holland
Same bro
the red shapes on the flag of Friesland are supposed to be water lilies, not hearts, and are specifically instructed to not be drawn heart-like.
edit: i still really like the idea of them being hearts
yes, they are red lily pads
@@FriesianKiwi66who are you replying to?
FINALLY!! Somebody who can explain the difference properly for people asking stuff like:
person: "where are you from?". Me: "I'm from the Netherlands". Person: "where in Amsterdam is that?"
By the way, I really like it that you at least tried to pronounce the words/names in Dutch. You got really close with Drenthe en Friesland
sprekende
not even remotely close
This comment hurts so much
No one cares, no one
Was a decent attempt but "Nederlanders sprekende Nederlands in Nederland" had such an american accent lmao
@@stevenhuckaby2902 ??
the "ç" in Curação is pronounced as a "s".
+Breno Muniz That's what I was going to comment.
+Breno Muniz what's that "Portuguese" "tilde" doing on top of the second "a"? But you're right, people from and on the island even call (and write) it "Korsou". I have heard many ways of pronouncing the name of my island, but this was UNIQUE! Nobody told him, and he didnt ask anyone. Not very professional...
jan van der brugge The "tilde" represents nasalization, the correct pronunciation is something like "corasow"
+ breno muniz In Portuguese it is indeed the sign for nasalization "instead of the final n", like in "nacao", but it is neither written on the name of Curacao, nor is the ending "nasal". Its pronunciation is 'curasao" or, in Papiamentu, Kòrsou.
Breno Muniz In Portuguese it is indeed the sign for nasalization "instead of the final n", like in "nacao", but it is neither written on the name of Curacao, nor is the ending "nasal". Its pronunciation is 'curasao" or, in Papiamentu, Kòrsou.
Nicely explained. I vagely recall a quiz show with a question about the common border of the Netherlands and France - so long ago. Imagine travelling from Sweden over the Atlantic Ocean to some island and the people there speak Dutch. Quite funny.
Side note about the currency (for those who care). Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius were once part of the Netherlands Antilles. Since the Netherlands' old currency was the guilder (Dutch: gulden) these islands used that too. The Netherlands' currency changed to euros but these islands stayed with the Netherlands Antillan guilder (does not look like the Dutch guilder). Aruba wanted to become independant and by doing so in 1986 changed its currency to Aruban guilder, which has the same value of the Netherlands Antillan guilder. Curaçao and St. Maarten later on wanted to become independant as well and in 2010 the Netherlands Antilles dissolved. With this the islands Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius were still a part of the Netherlands and changed their currency officially to the US dollar. Despite Curaçao and St. Maarten now being independant, they are still stuck with the Netherlands Antillan guilder and they are planning to possibly change their currency to the Carribean guilder which they want to make themselves. If this doesn't happen St. Maarten may switch to the US dollar and Curaçao will most likely stay with the Netherlands Antillan guilder. 1 US dollar = 1.790 guilders. The Carribean guilder would still have the same value, but another look and different bills.
awesomenathan100 jezus
Our currency (from Aruba is called Florin). The equivalent in compare to the U.S dollar is 1 U.S dollar is 1.75 Aruban Florin Which is close to the value of the gulden (guilder). I think Curacao has they're own florin as well. We and Curacao are both independent and have a good relationship with the Netherlands, mostly Curacao because Aruba is adopting the ways of the U.S. Which i would feel allot better if we adopt the ways of the Netherlands (no off). But yeaah. further more i would like to add that Bonaire current currency is just the American dollar. They are the least develop of us 3. Dont know about the other Islands.
@@maikilreategui1271 The old Dutch guilder was also named florin (actually: florijn) long ago. That's why the currency symbol for it was the fancy F. "ƒ"
Also, because the island of St.Maarten is also half french (St.Martin) we use 3 different currencies. The Netherlands Antillean guilder as the official currency of the Dutch half, the European Euro as official currency of the French side and the US dollar because it is such a high traffic tourist destination so it make it easier to use when switching back and forth between the halves of the island. (It also makes it easier for the locals to have a currency that is accepted on both sides of the island)
Worked in the Netherlands in the 90s the guilder was so colourful and beautiful.
Countries be like "let's make everything about us as confusing as possible, people love that"
It's not the countries' fault, it's politics
This wasn't really the fault of the country just English language shennanigans(Like why are we called Dutch?)
to make matters worse, it is confirmed the the dutch language was just invented to prank the germans! As a german i can confirm, that dutch just suonds funny but is no real language. Ask any dutch person, they will confirm /i
I mean, it just kinda.. grew this way. ;u;
@@Chrome2105 To be fair the English were trading with the Dutch before they were independent. Since they were a part of the Holy Roman Empire (which was German) it's a valid mistake.
I've always called the country the Netherlands
Daan Hendrikx dude doe ff normaal
wat gebeurt hier?
I always called it one of the countries before the Maginot Line.
Black Zero: damn accurate!
Batnoodles thank you
I'm dutch, and i live in Limburg. And i really like the way you're explaining the Past of The Netherlands. And it's empire.
Basically The Netherlands it's that small.
OH FINALLY I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES NEW ZEALAND NEW FOR AAAAAAGGGESSSS
@Anglo-Celtic Mega Nationalist Just like with the New Amsterdam..
Feliks Lucasiewicz
It’s called google.com
@@filippesic489 new amsterdam was changed in new york
HARLEM used to be Haarlem
GEKOLONISEERD
It's time to rename New York to New Amsterdam again! who's whit me?
I am
Too long... how about rename it to the nickname Big Apple
As a New Yorker, I'd find it complicated to refer to people as New Amsterdamians? Plus, we know our Dutch roots, there are buildings and entire neighborhoods named after Peter Stuyvesant.
RUNNER X yaaaaaaas
a defiant skittle bruh
I know this is not a joke but it had me laughing hysterically, because it's living proof that humans are mixed up and capricious. I specifically like the part about Hawaii using the Yuan as their currency as a not subtle comparison.
*Yen* those were Japanese Yen, not Yuan
@@wich1 Yep, you are correct. I saw the writing on the bill and thought it was Chinese, but failed to see that pagoda like structure which IS Japanese. I apparently did not hear him say Yen. thanks.
@@benth162 Understandable confusion. Much of the Japanese language is derived from Chinese characters, and as a result both languages look similar when written. Yen and Yuan also sound alike
@Hernando Malinche money is weird in languages because although they all mean “dollar” in some sense, they all have different values and look different so it’s not a direct correlation. This is why yen translates to 日元 in Chinese not just 元 because yen is defined as the base Japanese currency and yuan as the base Chinese currency. Otherwise it’s fine mixing them up if you don’t know the languages
Rumple stiltskin that takes me back
i just keep coming back to these
for not being dutch, he actually pronounced all of it quite well, if you look at statistics of other youtubers.
No
He didn't
Els Bosch name me a non-native who never learned the language who speaks our provinces and places perfectly.
+Els Bosch He wasn't perfectly correct, but he's much closer than any American I've heard try pronouncing Dutch words.
+Katyusha Pravda For being Dutch...
IT'S HILARIOUS!!!
Dat deed ik de eerste keer ook
Finally someone explains it! I am Dutch, so I knew this. By the way, the hearts on the flag of Friesland are not hearts but a Pompleblêd, a type of leaf.
Yes, pompeblad.
But have you ever seen red coloured pompeblad??? 🥴😁
Some of the funny things I have seen in my life but will never understand.
In English we would call them lily pads.
@@rogervanderveen7552 Why are Lily's pads red?
Oh no-
Niemand geeft om friesland
@Gerrie van Boven bro je komt uit brabant het is niet eens mogelijk dat je een IQ van boven de 80 hebt
man praat over zijn IQ terwijl letterlijk niemand het over IQ had
I'm Dutch and I actually do understand it.
(Apparently a lot of Dutch people here say they don't, I mean it's not that hard)
Zouden we het juist niet beter moeten begrijpen? Dit is vreselijk makkelijk
same
The interest is fading away from this kind of things nowadays, so people don't give a *. When I became 21 or so, I suddenly had an interest in these things, and let's say that I can watch documentaries about all sort of mostly real events all day, without a problem. Most of the times couldn't even tell you what I watched that day because my brain is malfunctioning. Or I tend to mix up parts of documentaries which often results in very werird stories, and often ends up the question if I can share some of the drugs I took making that plot.
your from holland
Ik weet alles over nederland
Ik hou van de geschiedenis
I’m from New Holland, and my Grandpa was Pennsylvania Dutch, cool video!
Im Polish living in England and before i came to England i never heard of the Netherlands. In Poland we use Holand as official name of Netherlands.
Funny enough in Poland we have upper Slask and lower Slask but i never heard anyone call Poland Slask even though its the same situation. Thank you for this i will spread the awareness.
may have been the way if Prussia still existed. but since the kingdom of prussia didnt prevail it got integrated in the polish country.
Us hungarians too. Netherlands = Holland(ia), Dutch = Holland. No need to complicate things, right?
I only know the Northpole and the Southpole.
@@MegaC3DR1C the kingdom of Prussia no longer exits because it became Germany
Surprised this does not have more likes. I came to the comment section looking for this comment.
Great job on the pronunciations! You sound like a native Dutch person. The only one I have a challenge with is the island of Curacao which I believe is pronounced like "Cur(e)-a-SOW" (like the end part rhymes with COW).
For an American, his Dutch accent isn't that bad.
dont think he's a native
He is not Dutch. The way he pronounced everything is just wrong
Pronounced*, and while you can definitely tell that he is not a native, I must say that the pronunciation was very good for a foreigner!
Yeah but his german aczent was verry funny
Zijn moeder is Nederlands, ik denk.
welp. That really clears things up. Im half dutch and i didn't know the difference till now. thanks for the video!
the way you said Curaçao made me laugh but cringe at the same time
Same you say it kurasao and not kurakao
He should've gone in depth about how creole it's language papiamentu is. Coming from a Portuguese background myself, it's crazy interesting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento
Kuurazauw :-)
Me too, I'm part antillian and I feel your pain bro
Isn't it pronounced Kyurasaou?
The whole country of "the Netherlands" is officially called "Holland" in Hebrew, causing even more confusion.
I see🤔
in Arabic too.
In Vietnamese as well. We called them Hà Lan (Hah land)
So too Chinese I think.
And in German, or "Deutch"
This is one of the most informative yet confsusing video that I've ever watched
For me, the confusion comes from being a bilingual person. In Portuguese, the Netherlands are called "Holanda" (the H at the beginning is silent), which sounds awfully close to Holland, and often I'll get confused because of the similarities.
I am Dutch, and I keep watching this every so often, and even in 2021 this remains funny to this day!
Little bit of trivia about the Dutch part of Saint Martin: the person who designed yoda lives there and owns a shop there.
I believed everything you said until you said: “kuriko”...it is pronounced kur-a-saow
I came here to say this. A ç is pronounced like an s. It is French.
@@TrevorHammonds It isn't. It's Portugese.
Thts petty
Jamaican Wilson it might be but he literally went out of his way to pronounce every Dutch city as a Dutch would so a Portuguese word should merit the same.
@@davetinoco He's half(or quarter?) dutch, so it would make sense that he knows some of the language.
in some languages there is literally no translation for netherlands, for example the Turkish nae of teh country is Hollanda and there is no word for netherlands. And it is also the same case for some other languages. That is probably why globally there is a confusion between holland and netherlands
And now to complicate further; the national anthem of the Netherlands proclaims
"...ben ik van Duitse bloed" --of German blood
and
"...de Koning van Espanje heb ik altijd geeerd" --I have always honoured the king of Spain.
Yeah, now it's crazy.
It's not that crazy if you know the history behind it. The national anthem is about William the Silent who was born in Germany and who served the king of Spain until he lead the revolt that eventually lead to the independence of the Netherlands.
Geeglio even better the national anthem is much longer
Duitsen bloed / Duytschen bloet: Duits is afgeleid van Diets, wat weer een afkorting is van Nederdiets. Het betekent Nederlands, en niet Duits, zoals vaak wordt gedacht.
niemand hier Dat is niet helemaal waar. Dat is een van de verklaringen, maar de andere is Willem van Nassau, zoals hij in het lied genoemd wordt, en Nassau ligt in... Duitsland.
En nu word het weer grappig dus, al die verklaringen ;)
Actually in Poland we call the Netherlands "Holandia"
I will end your nation.... after Spain... and England..... and France.... and America... and Germany.... but then just you wait!
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 not only that we call Netherlands 'Holandia' but have a word 'Niderlandy' (Low Countries) which is the name of the region.
Awazruk ...... your before Germany now
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 But Poland has something in defense Kingdom of the Netherlands (4 countries) is called 'Królestwo Niderlandów' so at least this is right
Awazruk .... Fine. Those Germans are back before you.... after America... after France.... after England.... and after spain
Hey cool video! just a quick btw Curacao isn't pronounced like Curakao, its a more soft C so its pronounced like Curassao. Also as of 2010 it is its own independent country.
Oef Hanna;)
Yes, I believe it comes from the portuguese word "Curação", wich means healing, or art of healing, and sounds exactly like "Coração" (heart, in portuguese).
Hanna van Belle its not independent..
zahir wanga yeah they are. they've had their own government and stuff since 2010
Hanna van Belle They are not fully independent, they just have a Status Aparte similar to Aruba... that means they are still part of the Dutch Kingdom
As a Hollander i even find this complex
Small correction, the "hearts" in the Frisian flag are actually leaves of a waterlily type plant. Other than that, great to see it explained properly :).
Yes they are called: red lily pads
@@FriesianKiwi66 inderdaad: pompebleden
So really it's like if New York and California were next to each other and both called California so we called the US "California"
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That's a good analogy. In the 17th and 18th century the seven United Provinces were utterly dominated by Holland that paid 58% of all taxes. Nowadays the Holland provinces plus some adjacent territories have some 7/8 million people. The rest of the Netherlands have around 9/10 million people. Since Holland has lots of immigrants (half of the population is foreign born) it nowadays needs lots of subsidies from the rest of the country (taxes collected elsewhere are spent in Holland). So the power balance in the Netherlands is shifting and power will probably shift further away from Holland in the coming decades.
@@roodborstkalf9664 'half of the population is foreign born' hahahah yeah right. 'it nowadays needs lots of subsidies from the rest of the country' lol nevermind, you're just delusional.
Up i89koo9
"Got it?"
No.
"Great because it's about to get more complicated"
Oh.
Im Dutch and you’re doing a great job at pronouncing those Dutch names! Great video btw
In Slovak language the country is called "Holandsko" = Holland, but in Czech, that is a very close language, it is "Nizozemí" = Nederland.
In some languages it has several names where one sounds like "Holland" and the other sounds like, or means, "Nether-lands"
English: Holland, Netherlands
Finnish: Holaanti, Alaankomaat (if I spelt that correctly?)
Tamil: Hollandi, Neetaarlandi (I most surely spelt that incorrectly)
And the list goes on
in spanish: "Países bajos" "Low Countries, some sort of "Nether-lands".
Velmi dobrý Juraj 👍
@@nachoqualsevol554 And we had to learn a word for nationality : "NEerlandes", when it used to be much easier . You are from Holanda ---> you are Holandes. May be it's always existed , just had never heard of it before .
@@theramendutchman
Finnish: Hollanti, Alankomaat
Almost correct, and thanks for the effort 😉
Btw. Alankomaat means same as Netherlands, it's just finnish.
Rule of the thumb: The Netherlands can never be used in English as an adjective. The word Dutch can never be used on the actual location of ... The Netherlands ... on the map (unless you speak of the Dutch Provinces or counties or Dutch Soil). A Dutchman comes from the Netherlands and is Dutch. Dutch cheese, Dutch Language and the Dutch themselves all originate from The Netherlands. What CGP forgot to mention is that Holland used to be one Province of the Low Lands (The Holy Roman Empire and later the Republic) containing what is now known as North- and South Holland. The word Holland means hollow land because it can be seen as a trench running from north to south bordered on the east by the higher land of The Netherlands (that therefore isn't nether) and the Dunes on the west. So Holland Is always low land (except the Dunes of course, oh, and the Beach Banks which are ancient) but the Netherlands are only partly "Nether" although the whole country is netherer than the countries on the East but not on the South (Belgium) but that country used to be called The Netherlands as well.
It's simple...
Holland comes from holtland, which means woodland (houtland) in old dutch
My goodness, I can't believe you made subs for all those languages, outstanding job!
Oh my, as someone who lives in the Netherlands i can say your pronunciation is amazing
I love how much you nailed the pronounciations of the provinces of the Netherlands, respect!
Thanks for this!
I'm still confused, but at least now I know why I'm confused.
Thanks Dutch for giving us hagelslag. Sincerely, Indonesia.
Thanks Indonesia for giving us saté, rendang, nasi goreng, sambal etc etc etc etc. Sincerely, the Netherlands. :)
@@Cl0ckcl0ck Rendang is the shizzle!
English here, with Dutch extended family. I LOVE hagelslag!!! Thanks Netherlands!
Also rum apparently, Indonesia was the first place that made rum, at least recognisably rum.
King willem alexander: Ap a apologies for the war
Such an awesome explanation.Thank you!
These explanations are amusing and to the point. Good job :)
It was all going so well until you tried to pronounce "Curaçao" ...there's a tail on that c for a reason.
it is called a cedille
I guess the reason is to confuse people and be ignored?
I always wandered how it sounded like, it's like a z sound, no?
@@leirumf5476 Normally there are rules whether a C is a K or an S, when there's a hook or when it's a Cedille it means, as far as I know, that it's just pronounced in the S variant.
In Dutch the rule is very basically: CE CI CY, CA CO CU ; SE SI SY, KA KO KU and in Dutch you generally don't use a cedille.
to make it more complicated. Amsterdam is the capital of Nederland and is situated in Noord-Holland. But Amsterdam is not the capital of Noord-Holland. The capital of Noord-Holland is Haarlem :-)
Zomg my mind
Twan Linger Ok I missed that option I forgot how messed up it could get if you have a country within a country
rodlurks66 And the Hague in dutch language is ''Den Haag'' but actually it is named 's-Gravenhage.
And the capital of Noord-Braband is ''Den Bosch'' everybody calls it ''Den Bosch'' but it is actually it is 's-Hertogenbosch and that is also on all traffic signs.
Where they do the Haarlem shake.
hasse Siemonsdochter
Close. "Den Haag" and "'s-Hertogenbosch" are the official (and oldest) names and that's why you see them on the traffic signs and in official documents. "'s-Gravenhage" and "Den Bosch" are not the official names, but colloquialisms. Oddly enough, while the city is officially called "Den Haag", the municipality (gemeente) is called "'s-Gravenhage", even though that term is some 2 centuries newer than the one "Den Haag" and it is falling into disuse.
I finally start to understand what David Bowie meant when he sung This is not America: he was nudging Grey to make another video.