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This convention is seldom observed in spelling Dutch names in English.
Note: When looking up a name in a Dutch telephone book or bibliography,
it is written as follows: Berg, P. van den. 6
Dutch titles and their abbreviations, i.e. the equivalents of ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’
‘Dr’ etc., are usually written in lower-case letters in Dutch except on
envelopes:
meneer Smit, 7 mevrouw Kuiper, drs. A. Smit (see also
Appendix 1)
It will be noticed that in some avant-garde publications (student newspapers,
some modern literature, etc.) adjectives of nationality and those derived
from the names of towns and regions are written in lower-case letters,
e.g. nederlands, amsterdams. The Woordenlijst does not condone this
practice but prescribes the use of capitals e.g. een Engels meisje ‘an English
girl’, de Zuid-Afrikaanse vlag ‘the South African flag’.
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Het liggend streepje
The hyphen in compound words is not as common in Dutch as in English
because the rules for compound words are on the whole more clearly defined
than in English. For example, hesitation about ‘kitchen-door’ or ‘kitchen
door’, ‘race-car’ or ‘race car’ does not arise in Dutch, i.e. keukendeur,
raceauto etc. But a hyphen is commonly used when listing compound
nouns that share a component of the compound:
maag-, hoofd- en kiespijn stomach, head and tooth-ache
voor- en namiddag morning and afternoon
mond- en klauwzeer foot and mouth disease
6 It should be noted that the personal names in a Dutch phone book (de telefoongids)
are alphabetized according to street name, not the people’s initials.
7 When a man is addressed directly, meneer precedes his name, but if he is being
talked about, de heer will often precede his name rather than meneer; this is particularly
the case in formal style:
Mag ik de heer Van Staden even spreken?
May I speak to Mr Van Staden?
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