Den Haag

From Middle Dutch Die Hāge (“the enclosure”), from hāge (m, later also f, “enclosure, hedge”). First attested in 1242 as die haga. The article form den is dative/accusative, generalized in the modern name because of its use after prepositions, e.g. in den Haghe (“in The Hague”). Compare Den Bosch, Den Hoorn etc.

• IPA^(key): /dɛn ˈɦaːx/

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• Hyphenation: Den Haag
• Rhymes: -aːx

Den Haag n

1. The Hague (a city and municipality, the capital of South Holland, Netherlands; the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

   Synonyms: (officialese) 's-Gravenhage, (nicknames) Agga, Hofstad, stad achter de duinen

   Meronym: Haagoord

   • 1978, “Arm Den Haag”, in Willem Wilmink (lyrics), Harry Bannink (music), Weerzien met Indië‎^[1], performed by Wieteke van Dort:

     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

2. (figuratively, metonymic) the national government or administrative authority of the Netherlands

• → German: Den Haag
• → Sranan Tongo: Aga
  • → Dutch: Agga
• → West Frisian: De Haach

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Den haag”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[2] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle Dutch die haghe (“the enclosure”).

• IPA^(key): /dɛnˈhaːx/, /dɛnˈhaːk/

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Den Haag n (proper noun, genitive Den Haags or (optionally with an article) Den Haag)

1. The Hague (a city, the capital of South Holland, Netherlands; the administrative capital of the Netherlands)