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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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!
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 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.
As a Dutchie: Your accent when pronouncing the province names is REALLY REALLY GREAT!!! I love a RU-vid channel that doesn't try to english the pronunciation (yes that's a verb now)
"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
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.
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.
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.
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
There’s a fairly large administrative area in England called South Holland. I’m wondering how many foreign tourists have ended up there (they have windmills and grow tulips but instead of cheese they have some nice sausages)
Hey Grey, can you please make a video like this for all European empires? I guess we have one for American, but on EU side, we have just this and British. Need one each for France, German, Spanish as well please?
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 : ) 🙂
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.
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.
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
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!
There’s also a South Holland in the UK. An area in Lincolnshire is called South Holland not in any part Dutch just called that, although the landscape is pretty similar (flat) and there’s lots of tulips
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 :)
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.
+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.
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
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.
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.
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
@ 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.
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.
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
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).
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.
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.
It also helps to the confussion that Netherlands in spanish is called Holanda and in italian is called Olanda. Well, to english people confusion bc in spanish and italian it's easier
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)
