Oranje: Why Do the Dutch Wear Orange? 🇳🇱 Teacher Paul Reacts Netherlands

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @DACHBenelux
    @DACHBenelux  6 месяцев назад

    Request a video here: buymeacoffee.com/teacherpaul

  • @MrNuubstar
    @MrNuubstar 6 месяцев назад +8

    The prinsenvlag, the one with the orange stripe will never be implemented ever again. During WW2 the NSB (Dutch collaborators) used the prinsenvlag for their movement which has forever tarnished it. Even now the flag is still asociated with far-right groups like the PVV.

  • @lbrounen
    @lbrounen 6 месяцев назад +12

    Back in those days they used natural, not synthetic dye. Orange was obtained by mixing red ( madder root) and yellow ( turmeric or weld). Because the yellow was not as lightfast as the red, the colour would fade to red.

    • @oscarfernald9402
      @oscarfernald9402 6 месяцев назад +1

      It feels very counterintuitive for me as a screen printer, because I’m used to having to protect anything we print in red for outside use with an extra layer of varnish, to delay the fading process. But since I never worked with natural dyes, I’ll take your word for it… interesting as well 🙂

    • @lbrounen
      @lbrounen 6 месяцев назад

      @@oscarfernald9402 some natural dyes are more lightfast than others.

    • @Wib0
      @Wib0 6 месяцев назад

      Yeah, but the change to red was actually a political decision, republican-ish people who didnt want a kingdom. But 'officially' the flag kinda evolved or whatever.

  • @12Robyn12
    @12Robyn12 6 месяцев назад +3

    Our Royal family are called 'van Oranje Nassau' Our red, white and blue flag has an Orange bandana, the orange is only added to the flag when we're celebrating a Royal birthday.

  • @natasjadirken5633
    @natasjadirken5633 6 месяцев назад +8

    Orange is not just for soccer, we are crazy everywhere when we celebrate🤣
    Look at this one; a grandstand in Austria goes left right for our Dutch hero and triple world champion Max Verstappen! ruclips.net/video/HC-Sm3Bpr5Y/видео.html
    This weekend the race is again in Austria and they expect 25.000 from the Orange Army 🧡

  • @corinevandenbosch4212
    @corinevandenbosch4212 6 месяцев назад +6

    The Dutch Royal House is the House of Oranje-Nassau.
    The history of this House is from the 15th centery strong connected to the history of The Netherlands. Since that time The family of the Oranges brought us kings and queens and a historical inlfuence to the board of the Netherlands but at this moment its becoming more a traditional thing. The King has no political influence any more.
    The colour ORANGE comes of this historical background, and is still strong connected to us Dutch ( and our national feeling). Our National flag is red, white blue, but often there's an orange pennant attached to it.
    Our Kings full name is
    Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand,
    Koning der Nederlanden,
    Prins van Oranje-Nassau,
    Jonkheer van Amsberg. ( after his dad)
    Oranje Nassau.
    Oranje = Orange.

  • @Mdgd63
    @Mdgd63 6 месяцев назад +3

    The Orange in the flag also was changed into Red because at sea Red was better visible than Orange. That's what we learned in NL.

  • @Girbie1973
    @Girbie1973 6 месяцев назад +2

    I was taught that the orange was replaced by red because red was better visible during at sea. Especially important during battle.
    During the 30s of last century, the NSB party (Dutch counter part of Hitler’s NSDAP) wanted to make the Prinsenvlag the official Dutch flag. Hence queen Wilhelmina signed the decree describing the exact colours of the flag as we currently know it.

  • @timothyvandervlugt7817
    @timothyvandervlugt7817 6 месяцев назад

    9:50 Correction untill it was sold to the english for the carribean islands

    • @yamamoto9772
      @yamamoto9772 6 месяцев назад

      Dat is dus niet waar he. Als er al een ruil was dan was dat Suriname. De Engelsen hebben New York gewoon van Nederland afgepakt. Alleen tijdens een van de Nederlands Engelse oorlogen hebben wij New york gewoon weer terug gepakt. De WIC vond New york niet echt meer rendabel (winstgevend). En met de vredesonderhandelingen Hebben ze toen afgesproken. Dat de Engelsen New york terug kregen als wij Suriname mochten houden. Even kort samen gevat.

    • @timothyvandervlugt7817
      @timothyvandervlugt7817 6 месяцев назад

      @@yamamoto9772 dus om n lang verhaal kort te maken heb je net gezegt wat ik zei met extra context bro ik ben wikipedia niet

    • @yamamoto9772
      @yamamoto9772 6 месяцев назад

      @@timothyvandervlugt7817 Mijn verhaal is wel anders dan wat jij zeg. Jij praat dus over de carib eilanden wat dus de Antillen zijn. De ruil is tussen New york en Suriname geweest. Suriname ligt gewoon op het vaste land van Zuid Amerika. Suriname is dus geen eiland. Dat was dus mijn corectie. Met wat extra info. Geschiedenis is toevallig mijn hobby. Speciaal de geschiedenis van Suriname en de Nederlandse invloeden In Amerika. Vandaar mijn reactie.

    • @timothyvandervlugt7817
      @timothyvandervlugt7817 6 месяцев назад

      @@yamamoto9772 ja oke punt begrepen ik weet waar de ruil voor was maar aangezien het de nederlandse antillen zijn vernoem ik het in het algemene begrip van de caribische eilanden al zijn die door n ander ''verdrag'' verkregen

  • @mellepasveer6173
    @mellepasveer6173 6 месяцев назад

    Time stamp 8:16 first the flags where orange white blue bit the coulor orange where made from a root (whitch fermented for 12 jears make the coulor orange) but turned more red over time , so eventually they stop painting them orange instead of Luxembourg ofcourse

    • @mellepasveer6173
      @mellepasveer6173 6 месяцев назад

      There is a painter that used this coulor and he has the same problem, the pigment for his oil paintings where made in a wind mill still exists to day

  • @hanswhiteeagletubben261
    @hanswhiteeagletubben261 6 месяцев назад +5

    House of Oranje, royal family

  • @psychoces
    @psychoces 6 месяцев назад +3

    No,no,no,no,no!! Our flag with the orange band instead of the red was the "Prinsjesdag flag" which was used by the NSB, the political party who worked with the Nazis during the war!! We use red, white and blue with a orange, euh, I dont know how it's called in English but it's called Wimpel in Dutch.

  • @agnesvandijk2559
    @agnesvandijk2559 6 месяцев назад +6

    Orange is the color of the royal family.

  • @quentingarciaramos
    @quentingarciaramos 6 месяцев назад +2

    It is very simple. It is the name of Willem of Orange, our father of the country and the name of the Royal Family.

  • @1336mg
    @1336mg 6 месяцев назад

    The thing about the fading is not the only reason. The orange was not very good visable at sea, so they changed it to red.
    When there is a royal birthday the flag will have an extra orange pennant, which you can see at 3:26.
    Most rooftiles in south of Europe are orange. They are backed of clay.

  • @stevehamann9624
    @stevehamann9624 6 месяцев назад +1

    The colors of the Dutch flag have changed several times throughout history. Originally, in the 16th and 17th centuries, the flag of the Netherlands was the "Prince's Flag." This flag consisted of three horizontal stripes in the colors orange, white, and blue. The Prince's Flag was used primarily during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) against Spain and was named after William of Orange.
    Over time, the colors changed. The orange in the Prince's Flag gradually shifted to red. By the mid-17th century, the red-white-blue flag became the dominant version, partly for practical reasons such as visibility at sea. Eventually, in 1937, a Royal Decree officially established that the colors of the Dutch flag are red, white, and blue.
    In summary, the original colors of the Dutch flag were orange, white, and blue, but they were later changed to red, white, and blue.

  • @henrischutte1968
    @henrischutte1968 6 месяцев назад +2

    "Van Oranje" was not his surname, but "Prince of Orange" was his title, or rather one of his titles. So he had inherited the rule over that city although he might have never been there. Those nobility titles were, and still are, a remnant of the middle ages. A current example is the Prince of Wales: the title was worn by Charles III until his coronation, now it's worn by William.

  • @djokealtena2538
    @djokealtena2538 6 месяцев назад +4

    But we claimed the colour completely when we made (bred) carrots to be orange.
    And yes our flag used to be like that and changed, but I always was told it was changed cause orange couldn't be seen so well at sea.
    Mind you our soccer rivalry with Spain is not cause of the war. We still remember South Africa and that is why they are in our arch nemesis Soccer list, together with the Portugese and the Argentinians and our neighbour Germany though the last one is purely out of good sibling rivalry.

    • @BabzV
      @BabzV 6 месяцев назад

      You're correct, the orange on our flag was changed to red because of visibility at sea.

    • @Girbie1973
      @Girbie1973 6 месяцев назад

      @@BabzVthat was I was taught as well

  • @Yellowcake013
    @Yellowcake013 6 месяцев назад +1

    Smith in Dutch is smid, and its ofcourse a quite commonly seen name

  • @letheas6175
    @letheas6175 6 месяцев назад

    Great video as always:)

  • @BommeltjeNL
    @BommeltjeNL 6 месяцев назад

    This is the first time I hear that the color oranje faded into red. I would think the other way around? What I’ve been told my whole life is that the color red was better visible while on sea, instead of the orange color. The red-white-blue was used for hundreds of years, but it was only made official in the 1930’s.
    And also you wondered about the red-white-blue being simular to the French flag. The fact is that the French and also Russian flags are based on the Dutch red, white and blue. Those colors are very well visible from afar.

  • @rstee
    @rstee 6 месяцев назад

    6:35 shows prinsenvlag "Guys, I low-key like this flag."
    Oh... oh, no.
    What wasn't in the video is that the prinsenvlag was also used by the NSB, the Dutch nazi party, during WW2.

    • @DACHBenelux
      @DACHBenelux  6 месяцев назад

      I meant the colours 🫣

  • @NLJeffEU
    @NLJeffEU 6 месяцев назад +1

    6:45 lmao, the irony that you use the term "Mandela effect". In south africa they use this flag plus the british one combine on 1 flag to represent the "Boeren". Which are all for apartheid etc. 😅

    • @DACHBenelux
      @DACHBenelux  6 месяцев назад +1

      Ohhhhhhhh, so that's where I've seen this flag?

  • @JM-fg3et
    @JM-fg3et 6 месяцев назад

    Our king Willem-Alexanders family name is Von Amsberg, his father was german

  • @ChristiaanHW
    @ChristiaanHW 6 месяцев назад

    i would like to add to the video the reason why the Dutch Queen in 1937 decided to make the red-white-blue officially the Dutch flag and make it that the orange-white-blue one wouldn't be used to represent The Netherlands anymore. (up to that moment both were kinda accepted, but the red-white-blue had become the standard).
    well is has to do with the N*zi's, the (hardcore) national socialists of The Netherlands started using the orange-white-blue as "their" flag.
    and the Queen (and most of the Dutch) weren't the biggest fans of those people.
    so to distance The Netherlands from that ideology it was decided to make the red-white-blue (finally) the only official flag of The Netherlands.
    but we do use a orange "wimpel" (the small flag of orange that is added to the flagpole) like at 3:59 to represent the royals.
    this is done on the birthday of a member of the royal family (only the direct family of the ruling royal, so right now the King, Queen and there 3 daughters get this honour).
    on those days we raise the flag with the "wimpel", on other national important days we keep the "wimpel" in storage and only raise the flag itself.

  • @roykliffen9674
    @roykliffen9674 6 месяцев назад +1

    I chuckled when you mentioned the "Mandela"-effect knowing about the South-African Flag which was mentioned a little later; I don't think you quite realised it.

  • @Conservative-Leftie
    @Conservative-Leftie 6 месяцев назад

    All original flagpoles have an orange knob on top...

  • @aristaeus2514
    @aristaeus2514 6 месяцев назад

    Correction to the original video:
    The reason Japan plays in blue IS known, it is because when they first participated in an international football/soccer match, they played in the blue kit of the university team that provided most of the players (not 100% sure they provided most players and if it was college/university) They won the first match but the match after that, they played in red and lost, so being supersticious they decided to go back to blue and stayed like that eversince.

  • @silspenk9034
    @silspenk9034 6 месяцев назад

    Family name Smith in Dutch is Smit or Smid. Like the profession smid or goudsmid (goldsmith)

  • @peterkeijsers489
    @peterkeijsers489 6 месяцев назад

    About Blackpool: I'm not an expert, but 'black' used to be referring to an open or bare something. So basically, the name Blackpool COULD refer to a pool, pond, or any body of water that was either dark (black) or a bare and barron landscape.

  • @gabriellemuileboom-mn7qp
    @gabriellemuileboom-mn7qp 6 месяцев назад

    Smith is Smid in Dutch

  • @JaapHendriks
    @JaapHendriks 6 месяцев назад

    Fantastic 😊😊😊

  • @daviddevos3518
    @daviddevos3518 6 месяцев назад

    Smith is Smid in Dutch. The languages share the same germanic root. There's also YT video's about how germanic languages relate to each other (like this one: ruclips.net/video/ryVG5LHRMJ4/видео.html)

  • @eugenieC50
    @eugenieC50 6 месяцев назад

    smith in english is smit or smid in dutch. A lot of words in English have Dutch origins. Have also to do with william 3 (willem 3)orange carrots are made for the Willem of Orange. Did you know that the Frisian language is the closest related to English

  • @meglestus
    @meglestus 6 месяцев назад

    Im Dutch, Smith translates into dutch to Smid. But due to dutch grammar and pronunciation, the surname became 'Smit'.

  • @Conservative-Leftie
    @Conservative-Leftie 6 месяцев назад +3

    Invited...haha...they only forgot to tell the king,the catholics,the Welsh ,the Scots and the Irish...😂😂😂

    • @roykliffen9674
      @roykliffen9674 6 месяцев назад

      That's why Stadtholder William III of Orange brought about 40,000 troops with him. He wasn't sure his father-in-law would simply hand him the throne. Yes, you read that correctly; William III was married to Mary II of England, the daughter of King James II, which he deposed. Both William and Mary were anointed as equal constitutional monarchs, subjects to parliament. When William was off chasing the Jacobites led by James II - ending in his victory at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland - Mary ruled over the daily businesses of the country.
      At the time the Dutch Republic didn't recognise a king, but had as a head of state the highest ranking civil servant known as a "Stadtholder", literally meaning place-holder (for a Monarch). As such William didn't fret when they offered him the crown as a constitutional Monarch - as opposed to King James II who considered himself still to be an absolute Monarch -, as that was effectively what William already was.
      Funny though: in 1667 the Dutch led the Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War making the Royal Navy suffer its largest defeat in history to date - damage calculated to be about 6 Billion Pounds Sterling in todays value - just for a Dutchman to ascend to the throne just 21 years later (1688 Glorious Revolution).
      That might be also the time the adjective Dutch became to be included in English idiom with less favourable undertones; www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/english-expressions-and-idioms-word-dutch%C2%A0

  • @y.v.l.
    @y.v.l. 6 месяцев назад

    I like your videos, but considering what is news to you when you comment on the clips you show I am getting more and more curious; In which country do you live?

  • @richardslotboom9250
    @richardslotboom9250 6 месяцев назад

    Well those roofs are actually light brown but yeah it's close to oranje

  • @TonyMontana-st7mq
    @TonyMontana-st7mq 6 месяцев назад

    Willem de Zwijger is what we call De vader des Vaderlands

  • @dobberdop
    @dobberdop 6 месяцев назад

    Jep the -r- is the right pronounce. And when you can the -g- right. You have talent to speak our language.
    Actually the area "principauté d'Orange"
    Was called in Dutch Orangien, and later we made Orange.

  • @Rob2
    @Rob2 6 месяцев назад

    That man's voice very much resembles that of David Coulthard...

  • @mavadelo
    @mavadelo 6 месяцев назад +3

    What is it that you teach? I don't think it is either History or Languages because you would have known vertain things you are asking.
    Flag: The orange version. They didn't "fade to red" that is a stupid comment on his behalf. A color can not fade to a darker color. They made it red because red was better visible than orange.
    And no, there is no debate on bringing the orange version back and there probably never will be. The "Oranje Blanje Blue" was tainted during WWII when the traitors of the NSB (the Dutch Na2i collaborators) addopted it as their own. The flag is only used by far right wingers and neo na2is.
    Making it red was purely done for visibility reasons. It resulted in the Red/White/Blue becoming the flag we were most seen with so it became the default. As mentioned in the video, it actually is fairly recent that it became official. (which was mainly done due to the WWII issues with it). Fun fact.. the Red/White/Blue is the oldest tri-color flag still in use. Yes, the French stole our flag and took it sideways. Yes the Russuian flag is based on the Dutch (and with that every flag based on the Russian flag as well)
    Surnames: Smith... originating from Proto Germanic Smithaz, called/named Schmied in German, Smid in Dutch, Smed in Danish. Dutch, German and English are sister languages. In fact the closest language to old English is Old Frisian. Dutch has a boatload of loanwords from English, it is the other way around as well. Many of your English words have Dutch or German origins. (cookie, boss, dollar and keelhauling are a few examples of Dutch loandwords)
    Language: Fun fact, until 1995 the Netherlands acttually had no official language. Yes, we all spoke Dutch.. or rather modern Dutch, but when it comes to an official status set in stone/law it was only in 1995 it became the official language in schools, coomunications from government etc. This was purely a formality as it was already treated as the official language since forever. There have been times where the Elite/Nobles refused to speak Dietsch and would speak the "sophisticated language of French"
    You probably noticed I used the word Dietsch... it is the etymological parent of Dutch and means "{of} the people" ("Het volk" in Dutch). In our anthem we have the confusing line "Ben ik van Duitsen Bloed" (I am of German Blood). In old Dutch this line is "Ben ik van Dietschen bloed" (my blood is that of the people)
    In fact... don't let me get started about our Anthem, even most of the Dutch don't realise what they are actually singing/saying. They will complain how they are "not of German blood and never have honored the king of Spain"... yeah.. they are correct in that.... but that is not what the Anthem is saying. I might englighten you on that if there ever is a video where the Anthem is a thing. This is a wall of text as is. (Hey... we all love to teach the teacher right :P )

    • @DACHBenelux
      @DACHBenelux  6 месяцев назад

      I teach English as a second language for those who want to live in the UK, I'm specialized in the IELTS exam for VISA applications =)

  • @IliaKemp
    @IliaKemp 6 месяцев назад +6

    The Dutch Royal family is still the House of Orange. Simple. The flag is the oldest in Europe. 🇳🇱

    • @egrijsen
      @egrijsen 6 месяцев назад +1

      It isn't The Danish flag is.

    • @BabzV
      @BabzV 6 месяцев назад

      The Royal Danish flag is the oldest.

    • @jacquelinevanderkooij4301
      @jacquelinevanderkooij4301 6 месяцев назад

      No the orange was changed after the family was extended.
      They changed the name of the frisian branche into van Nassau-Orange.

  • @yamamoto9772
    @yamamoto9772 6 месяцев назад

    Smith is the same in Dutch only we write Smit. Nice vid. Btw Brazil football team plays in yellow and blue not green

    • @DACHBenelux
      @DACHBenelux  6 месяцев назад

      We are known as "verde e amarelo," 💀 meaning green and yellow.

    • @yamamoto9772
      @yamamoto9772 6 месяцев назад

      @@DACHBenelux Ok i understand that but for me its blue not green. Its not the green what Australia have. Looks more blue for me. Its not like the Brazilian flag. Or maybe i found out today that I am collorblind lol.

  • @axelplate9080
    @axelplate9080 6 месяцев назад

    So, a german nobleman, who is a prince of a french city, rules the netherlands. Welcome to european history.

  • @schiffelers3944
    @schiffelers3944 6 месяцев назад

    Hmmm, that was an interesting question, which had me down a rabbit hole.
    Never really thought about it that deep, now you made me do so.
    It's kinda like a catch 22: The color oranje/orange once was known by a different name: Yellow-red, red-yellow [geel-rood, rood-geel]
    Before orange (the fruit, that is) stormed Europe, yellow-red was called simply that: yellow-red, or even just red. While both red and yellow are terms derived from Proto-Indo-European words, the roots of the word “orange” come from the Sanskrit term for the orange tree: nāraṅga.
    Fruther:
    Narang - Persian is the etymological root, but it refers to the "wrange" (bitter taste of the peel of the orange [Fruit]) I see the link here with:
    *Wrang* can mean sour and/or bitter in Dutch
    In Dutch an orange is called a sinaasappel/appelsien/sinasappel.
    The fruit originally came from China -> Sina [China-apples]
    It was through Netherlands at the 18th century that the sinaasappel got distributed across northern Europe.
    Appelsien / Sinaasappel got taken over by the Germans [Apfelsine], Swedish [apelsin], Danish and Norwegian [appelsin].
    Western-Europe got introduced to the fruit orange in the 10th century.
    In Welsh (Celtic language), the color orange is called oren, etymology leads to pine tree.
    Pine is a resinous wood. This gives it a pleasant smell, but it also means that it can discolour over time. That’s because the resin is still active within the wood. *Over time, fresh pine takes on an orange tone.*
    I see the link with the explanation of the city name.... But if the name originally was named after a Celtic water god, and this word was that similar it got switched... Arausio & Orange/Oranje = a Latin Woopsy.

  • @TonyMontana-st7mq
    @TonyMontana-st7mq 6 месяцев назад

    The Dutch also hold pieces of land in now days Brasil we took from the portugues

  • @janvandenoever546
    @janvandenoever546 6 месяцев назад

    De kings name is. Willem Alexander van oranje

  • @adzijderlaan7070
    @adzijderlaan7070 6 месяцев назад

    North Ireland Ulster orange. Dutch king some time ago.

    • @Wolfe1966
      @Wolfe1966 6 месяцев назад

      King William III, who kicked out his father in law

  • @marce4241
    @marce4241 6 месяцев назад

    Yeh we can all see you watched the first 10 secs, but did you know Willem van Oranje was German?? Oldest son of the count in some german city i can't remember. Also i can see why you like why you like the flag with the orange top more than the current one.... While charmander is about to flame your ass if you disagree. Edit: i learned so god damn much, and i thought i knew most of it. (meant the first comment at the people commenting just saying "Willem".

  • @MrPassy4u
    @MrPassy4u 6 месяцев назад

    Oranje boven!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

  • @glennheuts407
    @glennheuts407 6 месяцев назад

    Only difference in tenue is Brasil has blue shorts

  • @oddlobster.
    @oddlobster. 6 месяцев назад

    I really like the original flag also... unfortunately it's been abused by nazi sympathisants in WW2 and most people nowadays automaticly think is a nazi symbol

  • @MrSardine17
    @MrSardine17 6 месяцев назад

    They are sponsored by Easyjet and B&Q :)

  • @missitheachievementhuntres560
    @missitheachievementhuntres560 6 месяцев назад

    Smith = Smit in Dutch

  • @patricksnepscheut
    @patricksnepscheut 6 месяцев назад

    Oranje roffs are beter 4 the heat than Black roffs.. blacksroffs are more hite abuberent😊

  • @corawegkamp3563
    @corawegkamp3563 6 месяцев назад +1

    Orange will return to the flag as a pennant
    For example, to commemorate victims of an (inter)national disaster. On King's Day and the birthdays of the Princess of Orange, Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix, the flag is flown with an orange pennant. On all other occasions the flag flies without an orange pennant.

  • @fredklein9005
    @fredklein9005 6 месяцев назад

    Nowadays the orange, white and blue flag is hardly used. This is because this flag is currently controversial, as it is now often used by far-right organizations. It's a shame that our old tricolor is being misused in this way.

    • @mOi_Dnse
      @mOi_Dnse 6 месяцев назад

      Far right organisations in The Netherlands are using the israeli flag, what are you talking about..?!😅 They don't care about our Dutch flag, culture or people.

    • @Aliedawes
      @Aliedawes 6 месяцев назад

      BS, when kids graduate we hang the Dutch flag. On the 4th of may is half post on the 5 of may we hang the flag in celebration of our freedom. On kings Day there are flags everywhere. It has nothing to do with the far right.

    • @fredklein9005
      @fredklein9005 6 месяцев назад

      I was referring to the old flag with the Orange stripe, not the flag you mentioned with "dodenherdenking" en "bevrijdingsdag".

  • @Kerberos443
    @Kerberos443 6 месяцев назад

    appeltjes van oranje, appeltjes van de bomen, sinterklaas mag niet meer komen......
    edit: If you like Dutch history a bit check out the history of the city Naarden. I find it very impressive myself.

  • @dimrrider9133
    @dimrrider9133 6 месяцев назад

    Willem van Oranje ;p door hem zijn de volksliederen ook gekomen en ja Nederland was de trendsetter

  • @schiffelers3944
    @schiffelers3944 6 месяцев назад

    Smith = Smid [ijzersmid or metaalsmid]

  • @adzijderlaan7070
    @adzijderlaan7070 6 месяцев назад

    North, Ireland ulster orange. Dutch king

  • @erickvermeulen9734
    @erickvermeulen9734 6 месяцев назад +3

    Plenty of Dutch surnames derived from a profession: Smid or smit, bakker, de boer, brouwer, houtzager, visser...

  • @ronaldderooij1774
    @ronaldderooij1774 6 месяцев назад

    Smith is smid in Dutch. Simple. The story about the orange in the flag fading away is nonsense. If there is any color good at fading away, it is red. Truth is, nobody knows why the flag changed in the 17th century (and not in 1937, that only made it official). The most popular take on it is that the country was divided into two mainstream political groups. The group supporting the house of orange and the group supporting an independent state from the house of orange (a true republic). The first group waved the orange white blue flag, the second waved the red white blue flag. This makes the flag far older than the French one. The truth why the flag changed is unknown. By the way William of Orange Nassau came from Nassau. I doubt he ever set foot in Orange. Fun fact: Our father of the fatherland did not speak Netherlandic. He spoke Dutch as Dutch was then all languages north of the alps until Denmark until Germany became a thing. The English just never changed our language from Dutch to Netherlandic, but did change the German language from Dutch to German.

  • @ddevries6406
    @ddevries6406 6 месяцев назад

    the first tri-band flag ever created was the prinsenvlag. So the french flag is derived from the prinsenvlag. And thus al other triband flags like italy, germany, belgium, ireland and so on and so forth. at least afaik en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triband_(flag)