When I visited the Netherlands in the mid 80s I was asked by a waiter how I was enjoying my visit to Holland. That surprised me since I thought only Americans refered to the Netherlands as Holland. He then informed me that Holland was a small section of the Netherlands. I had to do some reading after that because I was sadly uninformed about the country I was visiting.


>Jean,
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>>>Is that the same for all genders (masculine, feminine, and I am not sure if you use neutral)?
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>>Yes, that's where Dutch differs from German.
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>>>I speek German quite well. At home my parents spoke Dutch now and then, but mainly German; I have some trouble with Dutch.
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>>Do they have dutch roots ?
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>How many bolivians would the carry the surname of "Zonneveld" ? Well, even quite a few americans up here carry dutch surnames.
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>Walter,