American Learns How The Provinces Of The Netherlands Got Their Names 

you pronounced all names of our provinces right, the narrator said it wrong, do not doubt yourself, you are like half Dutchie now :)

You are actually saying Overijssel way better then the other guy , stick with ur original one! Same with the Zeeland , ur saying it right.

As far as I know is the province of Gerlderland is named after the the county of the Lords of Gelre ( De Heren van Gelre) the guys who ran that part of the Netherlands from the 11th century until roughly 1339 and they called it The County of Gelre ( Graafschap Gelre) Later addapted to Gelderland.

Your pronounciation of 'overijsel' was spot on :)

Fun fact: The northern tip of North-Holland is still called West-Friesland

Your pronunciation is 1000x better than that other guy's, don't sweat. :)

Love your pronunciation and factual knowledge of the provinces. Not bad, since not even a whole lot of Dutchies are familiar with our country's history and geography.

That city skyline you see when the Overijssel part begins is the city of Deventer. One of the oldest in the country. When they were still fishing with their hands in Amsterdam, Deventer was a thriving city.

If you want to emigrate to the Netherlands you do not have to take an integration course, you know more about our little country than we do 💪

Man, your knowledge of our country is better than a lot of Dutch know. Keep going!

Your pronunciation is better then his. You know more about the Netherlands then some Netherlands themselves.

Awesome bro! You named 11 out of 12 i'm truly impressed you should come over and live here, you know a lot of our tiny country, more than most foreigners...

A part of Noord Holland is still called West Friesland.

your pronunciation is much better then the narrator, your language lessons are paying off🇳🇱👍🏻👍🏻

Fryslân land of the Frisii, a germanic tribe that lived there before the area became uninhabitable for a while, later the new people who moved there stuck to that name although they were not Frisii, the Frisii seemd to have a fierce reputation and such a reputation is a good thing to live safely. BTW i am a Frisian.

This is all legend. To start with the first, Groningen originally just the name of the City, comes from 'green', Greeningen, that what is green, as its sandy hill spine was surrounded by bright green clay meadows.

Don't doubt your own pronounciations when watching a video about the Netherlands made by someone who's not Dutch. 😉 You are doing great Charlie!

Your "Overijssel" was close to perfect. Keep it up, your pronunciation is getting really good! I didn't know about Friesland or so meaning "cold" and I don't think it does - But vriezen (= to freeze) is almost the same word. I heard that confusion between vriezen/Friezen before. These words sound the same and Friesland is ground 0 for ice skating but I don't thinking the freezing is part of the Frisia etymology.

Your pronounciation is on point :) The one tip I have is that, when you pronounce "land" in for example "Zeeland", you should pronounce it more like "lahnd" rather than "lend"

One thing he missed though: Utrecht and Overijssel are very recent names. They used to be called Sticht and Oversticht. A sticht was an area ruled by a high church official; Sticht and Oversticht were ruled by the bishop of the city of Utrecht.

I live in the Dragon Province. In a region called the Achterhoek, which literally translates to 'Backcorner'.

I live in Gelderland, i know of the weapon (flag) of Gelderland. But I never knew the dragon on it was there for this reason. Cool fact; GERLUUUUUU

In the 17th Century, when the Dutch fleet ruled the waves, Holland actually did run the Dutch Republic (and this is why about the entire world equates Holland with The Netherlands). You're right about Groningen. Between 1000 and 1500 CE the province gradually turned Nether-Saxon. The original video got the explanation wrong. Gron is related to groen = green, ingen means open fields. As other commenters already pointed out your pronunciation of the Dutch provinces is the better one. The entire history of Gelre is pretty cool and not widely known in The Netherlands itself. It consisted of four quarters; the original, southern one is divided between Germany, Belgium and Limburg. Eg Roermond used to be a Geldern city too. During the Middle Ages Brabant was one province - and the eternal enemy of Gelre. It largely consisted of (Belgian) Brabant, Antwerpen, North-Brabant and parts of (Belgian) Limburg.

As someone from Gelderland. I've never heared that dragon story but I am glad I did now

Your knowledge of the Netherlands is clearly growing. Naming all the provinces and missing only one was impressive. It would be like me naming 45 of the 50 states on top of my head. Don't worry to much about your pronunciation, you are doing fine. The name origin of Friesland is unclear. A generally accepted explanation (but not 100% confiirmed) is that, just like Groningen, it was named after a leader named Friso. Another suggestion is that it was named by a Roman Emperor named Valentinianus who called it "vriesland" (which is actually one of the oldest explanations originating from 1540), More recently it is suggested it is related to "frizzy/curly hair". There is finally the etymology explanation where it is sugested Friesland is etymologic related to the Indo/European word Preisios which could be translated to "the Friends/friendly people" (modern day Frisians must not have gotten that note) Your pronunciation of Overijsel is spot on. I join the Chorus in the comments "One of Us, One of Us" 😂 You never heard the Dragon story because it is BS. The province is just like Groningen named after a person. Count Gerard I van Gelre. This count indeed hailed from that German town Geldre and he owned the lands which were called Gelre's Lands (obviously) which changed over time to Gelderland.

Even though most of the coast along the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium was Frisia they were not really united all the time and more like loose tribes that tolerated eachother, it was the Romans who collectively started calling them Frisii. Also before Groningen became it's own province it used to belong to the Drenthe region. Drenthe is also called the prehistoric province, being the oldest region were humans settled.

Exactly Charlie. The most northern part of North Holland is called West Friesland. Other side of the lake is what we call Friesland and cross the border into Germany there is Ost Friesland.

You have so much knowledge now. It's impressive

Your pronouncations are pretty spot on! By the way...I'm watching from a town called Soest, in Utrecht. Soest is known for our beautiful woods, sand dunes (sitting here since the ice age!), polders and the many famous Dutch artists and performers living here. 😊👍

at 1.56 You got them almost all, Flevoland was the last one, DUDE YOU ROCK!!!!!

The region that used to make up the County of Zutphen (now part of Gelderland province) is just called the County ( _De Graafschap_ ). Rather unimaginative.

Watching your vid from Gelderland, but never knew about how it was named, so cool tho!

Spakenburg, Is 7 KM. From the Province of Gelderland. And 7 from the Province of North Holland. Just look up Bunschoten-Spakenburg. On the map of the Netherlands. It really is at the tip of the province of Utrecht.

Most American sounding pronunciation of Gelderland I've ever heard 🤠 But that was just funny I'd say your pronunciation was much better than the original vid and I could understand it perfectly fine 👍

Your Dutch is brilliant my friend ! Nearing perfection ! I'm almost sure there's some Dutch blood running through your veins.

6:53 You do it much better than the voice of the video. I am from Overijssel, so i know. 9:20 Yes, again, your'e pronounce it beter that the voice of the video. (He speak with to much English accent). If he was talking about New Zeeland i agree with his pronunciation.

4:33 actually that map is inacurate the Frissian empire was al the way to Zeeland and even parts of the English coast were Frissia. Utrecht also, infact the great battle of Radboud was fought in Utrecht, Dorestad to be exact a place wich they later came back to from Denmark as "Vikings".

I'm impressed with your knowledge of our country! You should come visit 👍

Flevoland...!..it is the new province we claimed from 'het IJssel- en Markermeer...'

Looking from Noord-holland. Just under the area called west-Friesland. Yes it stil exists in name...

I live in Gelderland. I know about this dragon, but I'm quite sure that the name Gelre was not a sound coming from that dragon. It has got more to do with "de Heren van Gelre", the Lords of Gelre. Gelre is just another name for Gelderland.

Charly, trust in what you have learned about the pronunciations in the Nederlandse taal. Don't let someone who doesn't speak Nederlands make you doubt how to pronounce the words/names 😉

Neder means down. De Nederlanden are the lands downriver, along the Lower Rhine, as opposed to the Opperlanden, along the Upper Rhine. Both names stem from 10th C Lotharingen, the remnant of the Middle Kingdom of the Frankish empire, but go back to Roman era Germania Inferior and Germania Superior. Hollow land is do obviously wrong. When you stand on a flat land, the horizon curves down and the world looks bulbous, not hollow. Groningen is the name of the city. The surrounding province used to be known as the Ommelanden, literally the lands round about. West Friesland is the tip of North Holland. In fact, all of Holland used to be Western Frisia. The part East of the Afsluitdijk is Friesland proper. Only the Germans call that part West Friesland. Many stories about the name. Apparently the Romans named Frisia after the Frisii and the Frisivones. Friso is also a personal name, just like Gruno. Some say it comes from an old vorm of vrij, meaning free. Everybody forgets Flevoland. It has no history, so it's not exactly ingrained in our collective memory. Yeah, I never heard that story about the dragon either, and I'm 60 and have lived in Gelderland. Gelderland is the Dutch part if what used to be the Duchy of Gelre. There may be a story about a dragon, but it sounds like a made up explanation from after they forgot where the name really comes from. Folk-etymology, they call that.

Noord Brabant, that's my "provincie". And live in the middle of it. Tilburg city. Btw. Belgium also has a provence called Brabant, Divided in 2 parts. The waals(france language) and the Vlaams (Belgium/dutch language).

Flevoland the big polder you missed I believe

Brabant was talked about to little. Brabant does not mean broken lands but it means swamp region (braec bant)

The one you missed is Flevoland, the one that is taken from the sea.

your pronunciations are good man, Overijsel "the land over the ijsel " You might be ready for the more difficult ones :) like Heerhugowaard, s'Hertogenbosch

did you know that the most northern tip of north holland is also called west-friesland?

Even within provinces there are significant differences in architecture. Architecture styles are not bound to the borders of a province.

Your pronouncing is quite ok for an English speaker! In the Dutch language we don't pronounce the A towards the E as in English! When you pronounce the word "Brabant" you can distinguish the two different sounds of the A in english while in Dutch both A are pronounced as the first one! English example: Bra or like the band name Aha. We also use AA in the Dutch language and it's the same sound only prolonged so it sounds like the end of that band name Ahaaaa! Dutch examples; Naar = To or Creepy Waar = Where or True Daar = There Snaar = String Then we've got some vowel mixtures like AE, AI, AU, AO but by pronouncing your A and AA right you go a long way already! You can practise with this sentence! Ik las vandaag in de krant de aanvraag van een amerikaanse klant! Today I read in the newspaper the demand of an American client!

The naming of Brabant in the video was wrong. Brabant is named after a legend story, "Brabo and the Gaint!!" Brabo cut off the hand of the Gaint and throw this one in the Schelde (River near Antwerp, 4th City of the Benelux with 530.000 people). Antwerp by name is also connect to this legend, in Dutch it called:"Antwerpen". Antwerpen is from Handwerpen (Hand throwing), The Hand of the Gaint. Me myself life in Tilburg, a city in North Nrabant and I am just as you very interested in history and geographic, so I know for sure what I did tell you, was right!!!

i am from enschede overijssel

There is some debate on the meaning of the latin (Roman) name for Utrecht.Some scholars think that ultrajectum (ad Rhenum) means that it was where you could cross the river and the last (ultra) place where the river boats on the Rhine stopped before transfering their cargo from Germany to sea going ships en route to Britain (and vice versa). There are also etymologies saying that it was called Trajectum ad Rhenum uut (uut is germanic and means in this context downstream). Fun fact: Some more places have this Roman stem "trajectum" in their name (Dordrecht, Maastricht)

7:01 once again you beaten the Artificial Insanity. You done ti right on Overijssel, Charlie!, AI got it wrong

Noord Holland . Zuid holland Zeeland, brabant, limburg, gelderland, utrecht. Overijsel , Drente, groningen, friesland en flevoland.

Your pronounciation is a *lot* better then the ones in the video ;) Only the g needs some work (though I think you may need to have been born Dutch to pronounce that properly:) You nailed Overijssel, for zeeland its a short 'a', more like in e.g. father (same goes for holland)

I am from Zeeland, you pronounce all perfectly. almost

Really Funny you had al the old ones but you just missed the new one Flevoland. I see You figured it out. I lived my whole life in Gelderland but never heard the story of the dragon. I always thought that it was named after the “count/duke” named Gelre

top Video again, you pronounce it very well

I love how the ancient Frisians already had the afsluitdijk on the map. And your pronounciations are much better than his.

Northern part of Noord holland is still called west friesland. You said Overijssel in the good way, the guy in the video said it wrong.

Watching from Gelderland, also never heard where it comes from.

Let me be redundant and repeat what others have already commented: Your Dutch pronunciations are much better than those of the English dude. Especially Overijssel.

Belgium has a province of Limburg too. They also had a Brabant (that's why ours is called Noord Brabant), but they split that up for the same reason we split up Holland. Brussel was the capital of Brabant when it was still one province, a Duchy. That's what the capital of Noord Brabant is named after, it's offically called 's Hertogenbosch, the Duke's Forest, but we usually shorten in to Den Bosch.

Is your tire repaired? yeah had some other comments deleted, sorry

How come there is not one Dutchie, naming the 12 provinces to him here? Is everyone lost about it them selfs? 😅 From south west by the coast up to north east and down the borders. Leaving the 2 inland provinces to name last. (At least that's how I could remember them when I was a kid) 1. Zeeland, 2. Zuid Holland, 3. Noord Holland, 4. Friesland, 5. Groningen, 6. Drenthe, 7. Overijssel, 8. Gelderland, 9. Limburg, 10. Noord Brabant, 11. Utrecht, 12. Flevoland. This with out the oversea's islands in the Caribbean. They have some kind of special status I'm not familiar with but they are not a province as far as I know.

Nu, nog een keer in het Nederlands. Gelderland, Met de keel G. En Zee/Sea. Land. En dan nog Flevoland? Het blokkeert, onze oude zee Haven/Port. Ik kan zonder mijn zeilbootje. Er gewoon bijna, heen lopen. Groetjes uit Spakenburg, Nederland.

Flevoland was the one you forgot. Still impressive! I don't think I can name all US states. I'm in Noord-Brabant while I watch this video.

Watching from Gelderland. Dragons are cool.

Friesland = Freyasland from the Germanic goddess of love Limburg = Dragonfort from lintworm an old extinct type of dragon (not the parasite) and burcht meaning mountain or fortress.

We don't have any frisian heritage pride here in Groningen. The population is mosty Dutch and Lower Saxonic

Im from Lelystad, Flevoland on the bottom of the former Southern-sea, thus from about 16 feet below sea level. Your pronunciations are way better than the narrators. Most Dutch sports fans cheer for Holland instead of for the Netherlands national sportsmen,sportswoman and or teams. At least you know better LOL Beasty boys say ""No sleep till Breukelen!"";)

Drenthe is just like saying rente(d) in English or caliente in Spanish.

There is actually a better channel that i know for names and countries/states. He actually try’s to pronounce the name and his research is topnotch. Sometimes he has multiple theories for one name. Which is actually quite cool. Also he shows it in a very easy graphic to see it clear. His name is GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Crazy that an American can name 11 out of 12 provinces. I think the average Dutchman can name less.

Narrator sucked at the pronunciations. Yours are really rather good and would be understood correctly in the Netherlands without any issues.

The one that is narating this is an Englishman so his pronounciaten is in english and not dutch

You missed Flevoland... very good pronounciation though.

I live in province . Utrecht

Flevoland is the last and newest province ,The extreme side of Friesland is called West Friesland, so that is not North Holland.❤

There is a lot wrong with this video you react on. The name Gelre has its origin on gel rode where gel means fertile and rode means clearing/ cultivation (of land that was forested or 'wild').

Not one of the provincien, but there is still a Cariben part of the country 🏝️

The whole explanation of Brabant is way off. The split is because of the Dutch Revolt (aka 80years war). The name is a combination of ‘braec’ (swampy) and ‘bant’ (region).

Zeeland, New Zealand got its name from it..

8:49 there is no south brabant...only north and west brabant

Charlie, this is just a little information. The Netherlands are as difference as Italy

Flevoland is the one you missed

You said Zeeland correctly, the narrator was so wrong :D

Pun: "Er gaat niets boven Groningen"

9:35 yours are correct, Charlie, AI isn't as intelligent as the I in it suposes it to be...

You pronounced Overijssel en Zeeland better, the others I think he was a bit better at, but still not perfect.

Would be nice if someone making a video about the naming of provinces, would actually take the time to know how to pronounce them. You did way better Charlie.

Incredible. You are more knowledgable about us, then the people here (yes, that includes those that pretend to be nationalists)

The way you pronounce overijssel is right. The narrator in the video has it wrong ;)

Groningen

Fresena = Free, so Frisian = free people, idc what anyone says

Don't worry about the pronounciations; as several others have noticed the video was in average more off than you.

I don't think the Drenthe one is correct. Tvihanti (later Twente region) and Thrihanti (later Drenthe province) were two tribes that lived in those areas. These were the names that the Romans gave them, they were translated from Twihantōz en Þrihantōz.

The guy names an etymology for Limburg coming from wikipedia. Another possible etymology is "leim", a synonym for (river-) clay soil. And yes, his pronunciation sucks compares to yours, don't correct yourself based on his pronunciation 🙂