Den Haag

Meaning

1. (neuter) The Hague (a city, municipality, and capital of South Holland, Netherlands; administrative capital of the Netherlands)
2. (figuratively,metonymically,neuter) the national government or administrative authority of the Netherlands

Hyphenated as

Den

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛn ˈɦaːx/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch die Haghe (“the enclosure”), from hage (m, later also f, “enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic *hagô. First attested in 1242 as die haga. The article form den is dative/accusative, generalized in the modern name because of its use after prepositions, e.g. in den Haghe (“in The Hague”). Compare Den Bosch, Den Hoorn etc.

Sentences

Heb je nog in Den Haag gewoond ?

Did you still live in The Hague?

De pers had zich in Den Haag verzameld voor een persconferentie .

The press had gathered in The Hague for a press conference.