NEW VERSION: The Wilhelmus - Full 15 verses translated into English 

It really does right? It tells a story. Williams, reasons to rebel. A great anthem and maybe even a good propaganda story. It is history. Oldest anthem in the world. Proud of it.

@Fran Moreira - pelo Brasil Yeah, The song partly tries to illustrate that William had no choice. He was a godly man, but oath of loyalty to Philip or not, we, the Dutch people, had to drive away that tyrant. . It really has some propagandic flavours to it. It's awesome history.

The melody actually was a church song that was stolen and given new lyrics.

And the first letter of each verse (stanza), 15 in total, spell out WILLEM VAN NASSOV in old Dutch, and WILLEM VAN NAZZOV in modern Dutch. The official translation on Wikipedia, sourced from the Dutch royal house, also makes the first letters spell WILLIAM OF NASSAU in English.

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial the length actually reminds me of an actual psalm like what op said psalms get this long in the bible

Thank no one , cause it's uncertain who wrote it . It was a rebel song for the 80 years war . History is vague at best who wrote it. Enjoy it , it's a song about a oppresed people who stand up against all odds , like I do :)

It was written by most likely Adriaen Valerius as homage to House Nassau (mainly cadet branch Orange-Nassau) and then in particular William the Silent of the House Orange-Nassau, Prince of Orange. Count Adolf of Nassau and their loyality to the Emperor Carl of Spain

This anthem is so old that it's originally written in Old Dutch. Dutch is my mother tongue and yet I understand the English translation more then the Dutch one

fun fact; I'm born & raised in the Netherlands. And I only now understand and feel the meaning behind our beautiful National Anthem. Best country on Earth, least racist people and the most lovely Christians in the entire planet. Oh also, I absolutely adore everything and anything related to Zwarte Piet :) ♥️🧡

Perkele.

Hollannin suomalaisia ou jee

Kinky

It is. Prince William of Nassau died in Delft , Prinsenhof. Nearby Zuidpoort and Delft Station

Learn Netherlands jezus

@@kiranvanruitenbeek1588 You mean 'Dutch'?

we call it both Netherlands in our language and our country and dutch is also our language so you know

@@kiranvanruitenbeek1588 Het is of 'Nederlands' in Nederlands, of 'Dutch' in Engels. ''We speak Netherlands' is gewoon fout. Netherlands is de Engelse naam voor ons land.

THANKs

I believe it's the 'Erasmuskoor'

personally I believe that the honoring is of the previous king, not the one he fights

It was a difficult situation.. Initially it wasn't that bad for the majority of the Dutch people under the Spanish empire as far as I know.. It wasn't until the reformation started and we Dutch became Calvinist that one of the princes of Spain set to rule over the lowlands by the king started prosecuting them and strictly enforcing catholicism that Netherlands slowly demanded independence.. That went on for a few decades I belief until it all exploded and some regions I belief in the North and around the capital Amsterdam became independent and slowly the entire nation followed resulting in a full blown rebellion which is the war this song is based on.. But as you can see the majority of the reasons behind it were for religious reasons, and those were not even neccesarily against the King himself but the princes of the Lowlands.. Ofcourse I am not a historian so a few things could be a little off here and there but this is the rough reasons why it still says we "honor" the Spanish king while still being in a rebellion against them since it was against his prince.. Or maybe it was a whole other king being revered here. Like the previous ones

That is the whole point he is saying he has long honoured the King but now he can do so no longer because of the King's actions.

@@DutchGabbers the fact that king Filips II began demanding the traders to pay higher taxes before Martin Luther started the religious split is also a huge reason for the rebellion, further the city of Amsterdam was pretty late in enterring the eighty years war in comparison to many other cities like Den Haag and Des Hertogensbos (s'Hertogensbos). You're right in the fact that it took a time for the war to start, but the religious split was only about ten years before de Beeldenstorm wich began the war. Further the reason they say we honour the spanish king is mainly in name of the past friendship and near brotherhood of king Filips II and Wilhelmus van Oranje Nassau but partially because of your reasoning. For the rest, there were very few princes in the lowlands and those who were there supported King Filips II of spain, because they were catholicists.

The song tells the story of the political and military journey William of Orange made. The war against Spain was initially not a war of independence. But because the Spanish King reacted with so much violence to the worries of the Dutch nobility, the war became inevitable and lasted for 80 years (still the longest war of independence in history and arguably the first war fought over the entire world).

King Wilhelm wife Queen Maxima is from Argentina. 😄 You might have already knew that haha

they were most Prob related

xenonman he doesn't hate the Spanish king personally, he just disagreed with his policies in the Low Countries and peoples as expressed through his henchmen rulers

xenonman Because we aren't a vindictive race, but we will fight.

The king of spain during the dutch revolt where two people. First Charles V. That king made Willem of Nassau Prince of Orange. Him he honored. When Phillips II was crowned he wanted to reign as an absolute king. And as a catholic he demanded all his subjects to be catholic too. Willem of Nassau first tried to convince Phillips II to reign in a less rigid way. Only after it was clear that Phillips II and the people in the lowlands would never see eye to eye on that, did he reluctantly accept the role of leader of the rebellion.

Paul Schellekens Also the taxes were absurd under Philip

Terima kassih dr David

@@abwo47 "dr" ?. Oi, aku masih smp (tar' lagi mo masuk sma) -_-

@@abwo47 hey um, I'm still at the high school, you can call me with name

@@dawidsz56 :-)

No not anymore ish. It's a bit complicated but nowadays Duits means German. However in middle Dutch duytschen ment something like of the people. So he's telling the people that he is also one of them. I would say that the correct translation in the anthem is Dutch. If you would ask a Dutchman if he was duits he'd answer no he is nederlands.

Ja dat snap ik wel. Was alleen maar niet bekend met de bedoeling van Duits in het middelnederlands! ;)

We were part of the holy roman empire of german nation legally till the year 1572 (pragmatical sanction) and fully separated in the year 1648 (peace of munster). A Hollandic count Willem II in the 13th centry had been a Roman German King. The old name for our language was Nederduits or translated Low German. Dutch a Low Franconian language, low franconian is also spoken in German. Also Low Saxon and Frisian are spoken in both countries.

Actually no it means of Clean conscienceness.

Yes, it is. At that time there was no national state. Holland and all the duchies and counties that formed the Netherlands, were part of the "Holy Roman Empire". Duits or "duytsch" as the spell it there, was just a language and culture. A german nation formed very much later than the dutch nation. Some institutions still bear names like "nederduits", e.g. the reformed church in South Africa, which was settled by Dutch: "Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk".

It's from around the time of composition. They spoke a low-German with all those inflections that modern Dutch has given up. And there was no standard orthography at that time.

@@kellymcbright5456 Sweet, I love it!

This is Old Dutch yes.

There was...

Je hebt gelijk, maar de vertaling "van Duitsen bloed" (in modern Nederlands) is officiëel goedgekeurd. Maar nogmaals, de geschiedenis die je beschrijft is correct. In het Engels mag dat vertaald worden met "Dutch" aangezien dat toen gold voor alle germaans sprekenden op het continent (Duitsers en Nederlanders). Duitsland als eenheid bestond nog niet.

No national conception, but one of a common culture, mainly via the language. Especially those german-speaking who got in contact with foreigners learned that they had something in commnon. As for example, in England they were all considered to be "Germans" (or dutch which is deutsch). The German-speaking in that time had a political body yet, the Holy Roman Empire, which in that time often began to add "of german origin". Willem refers to that and indirectly also adresses some sentiments on the foreign rule of Spaniards over Germans there. One cannot overlook that Willem mentioned the word. It was his choice, not that of a later nationalist author. Spain under the rule of Philipp was yet a national body, much more than the empire of his cosmopolitic predecessor Karl V. In contradiction to Karl, Philipp aggressively tended to "iberize" all parts of his empire, namely by his project of catholization, while Karl had respected the various identities and old rights of his diverse empire.

Merle Schaap meeste kennen alleen maar het eerste couplet

@@jorritvanderkooi939 Ik probeer het hele lied te leren.

@@genericlozfan9862 groot bedankt!

Lukaas van Hout Toen waren we al multicultureel ;).

Kent gij dat volk vol heldenmoed?

No.

Catholics and Orthodoxes existed before. And I have nothing against protestants.

Well I don't know what "this context" is but German blood would be the correct translations as Wilhelm von Nassau was German

@@tuplat5107, in this context = historical context. "Germany" as a separate nation didn't exist yet. Back then, when people said "Duitsch", they meant "of the people".

@@Jan_Koopman German people have existed long before German nation did but I will take your word for the meaning of the word Duitsch as I am not an expert on the topic. Be that as it may, in modern English the word Dutch refers to a Nederlander which Wilhelm prinz von Oranien most definetely wasn't (at least by descent to which "Duitsen bloed" obviously refers to)

@@tuplat5107, you're right that Wilhelmus van Orange-Nassau was born in Germany, but "Duitschen bloed" can also be used metaphorically here: "I am of the same blood as the people; I am just like you,my subjects, so I will help you" I'll admit your interpretation is valid, though. Thank you for this interesting discussion.

At that time Dutch, (Neder)Duyts ,Deutsch ,Diets,Tedesco,Tysk, were not differentiated as they are in modern times,more linguistic,not to be confused with national states as we know them today.

@@emile593 Wilhelmus was of German blood as is indicated by his Christian name, his oath of allegiance to the Fatherland, and that the German States of his era were never at war with the King of Spain. These facts are a clear indication of his German origins.

He likely spoke Hessian instead of Dutch as a native speech but he wrote this in Dutch

@@everettduncan7543 William of Orange did not speak a word of Dutch. Marnix van Aldegoned probably wrote the lyrics.

@@geoffreybrooks2248 Nope, Diets, Dutch, Deutsch were all the same in that time, and meant "germanic language speakers on the continent of Europe. Later, when Germany became an entity, they called themselves Deutsch, but the English called the Germans. The name "Dutch" only remained for the Netherlands. At the time the song was written 1570, there was no distinction between German or Dutch. I agree, William of Orange came from Hessen and he did not speak a word Dutch.

"Regiment" was toendertijd een woord voor "groep" of "groepsverband". Vrij vertaald komt daar "volk" uit. Regiment werd toen niet persé gebruikt in militair verband

@@thesuperwillem ik dach dat het regiment de mensen waren waar je over regeert

@@nikkialkema1032 "In my government" would come closest to the meaning. It is not an original durch word but a latin one. We have it as "regime", too. It means: "i will come back as a ruler". In contradiction to his now-being situation as a refugee...

PS: Love how Old Dutch is even more similar to Afrikaans than Modern Dutch. PS: Can notice also more German influence "des".

​@@j451 But Old Dutch is more based anyways :D

@@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977 Its not German influence. Both languages have the same base. Dutch and low German(Platt Dütsch) are still much alike, but the influence of high German made the big difference. Dutch lost the cases only about 100 years ago in the written language. High German had some vowel-changes and was the language of the rich nobilty.

This is old dutch

Well that figures. The texts were written centuries ago.

In that time no spelling standards existed. Have a look at bible printings like those of Marthin Luther. Every guy transcripted the spoken lang a bit differently.

Inderdaad. Heeft ook de onderscheiding een van de eerste propagandaliederen te zijn. De geschiedenis achter het Wilhelmus is prachtig.

This is the dutch anthem

We usually sing first and sixth

no why

Indonesia?

@@kellymcbright5456 yes

It was actually used as a marching song in the 80 Year's War, and then the pace was a lot faster than the current pace we use in the anthem. So that's why!

It's the old dutch language, spoken and written in the 16th century.

The word Duytsch comes from the word Diet which in middle Dutch means People. In the verse Willem van Oranje basically says that he is part of the people in the Netherlands.

@@basvanduurling4504 where was Willem van Oranje born? What languages did he speak ?

@Rick Bear german blood is correct !

@Rick Bear Wilhelmus von Nassawe bin ich von teutschem blut, dem vaterland getrawe, bleib ich bis in den todt, Ein printze von Uranien bin ich frey un[v]erfehrt,[11] den könig von Hispanien hab ich allzeit geehrt.

@@basvanduurling4504 Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Ben ick van Duytschen bloet Den Vaderlant getrouwe Blyf ick tot in den doet: Een Prince van Oraengien Ben ick vrij onverveert, Den Coninck van Hispaengien Heb ick altijt gheeert.

Thats bc alot of amish are from dutch descendent i thought

lol

That was a other Willam, he was Stadtholder in the Netherlands from 1672. The one from the anthem and the father of the fatherland was William the Silent who lived from 24 April 1533 to 10 July 1584.

That's a different William who came 100 years later. We are talking about the William who fought a war of independence against Spain.

Duytsch as in Diets as in Dutch. The English used the word "Dutch" in those days for every germanic language speaker on the continent. Later when Germany appeared, they spoke German (but they themselves say Deutsch) and the Netherlands was the only part of the continent where the people were still called "Dutch". So, in this song from 1570 it means all germanic languages speakers on the continent. Fun fact, etymologically Dutch/Deutsch means "of the people".

Frahamen jij bent echt kapot dom! Het lied is geschreven in oud Nederlands dus doet hij de tekst ook in het oud nederlands

@@genericlozfan9862 Omstreeks 1570 Merle.

@Jan Pieterszoon Coen Hierover zijn de geleerden het nog niet eens. De taalkundigen staan achter jouw interpretatie (in meerderheid) en de geschiedkundigen denken in meerderheid dat hier wel degelijk Duits werd bedoeld want er was al wel een Duitse identiteit (maar geen staat). Bedenk dat Nederland nog niet bestond toen dit geschreven is! Dus ook wij voelden ons toen "Duits". Je kunt er nog een spoortje van zien boven de ingang van de Ridderzaal in het Binnenhof. Daar hangt niet het Nederlandse wapen, maar de Habsburgse tweekoppige adelaar.

@@ronaldderooij1774 middelnederlands woord diets (volk)? Ik ben van het bloed van het volk?

In the old times we were part of the Holy Roman Empire of German nation and we fully seperated in the year 1648, some say with the pragmatic sanction earlier in 1549. The old name of our language had been Nederduits or Plattduits, translated into German Niederdeutsch oder Plattdeutsch. A Hollandic count Willem II had been Roman German King. So we were Germans once.

He actually didn't write it to be propaganda he just worded his feelings

@@nikkialkema1032 It was not written by William himself, but by his supporters. It definitely is propagandic. From the website of the National Library: '' ''Het Wilhelmus is een propagandalied. Door de ik-vorm lijkt het alsof het de woorden van Willem van Oranje zelf zijn. In het lied verklaart hij trouw aan god en uit naam van god te vechten; hij troost de ‘arme schapen’' die hij in zijn oorlog betrekt; hij betreurt zijn broer Adolf die sneuvelde bij Heiligerlee en hij vergelijkt Nederland en Spanje met David en Saul. Was de kleine David niet uiteindelijk de overwinnaar''

Ye, definitely a propaganda song with a clear agenda, but still pretty badass

Damish good propaganda. It can impress one :)

Nou from Dutch blood, that explains the use of the word 'van Duytschen bloet' (van Duitsen bloed)

@@abwo47 LOL. WHAT ???

@@CoolStevie Haha, It means: From Dutch blood. In those days it was written as Duytschen or even Dietschen. The English word 'Dutch' is derived from those words. A bit confusing I must agree

@@abwo47 No, it means from German blood.

@@CoolStevie No it does not, don't tell me ;-)

Lmao it existed in the 16th century

Need proof? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lLxHrJjjXhA.html

it was written in 1572 by Willem van Oranje it became the anthem in the 19th century because our old anthem promoted slavary.

@@nikkialkema1032 The date is correct, but the author of the lyrics is not certain. It is believed to be Marnix van Aldegonde. The music was older, it was a French marching song (much faster originally). Not surprising, as Orange lies in France. It only became the official anthem in 1937, with the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany, the Queen wanted more nationalism.

@@nikkialkema1032 what??? tell me more.

Rita Maria nee, nederlands werd duits genoemd in die tijd

Nederlands heette vroeger Diets of Nederduits.

oftewel dietse bloed betekent NIET Duitse bloed

Willem was Duits

Wilhelm Z nee