van

Meaning

Prep

1. of (possession, property)
2. of (general association)
3. by, of (creator)
4. from (origin)
5. from (starting point of a movement or change)
6. from (starting point in time)
7. from, off (removal of something from off something else)
8. of, out of, from, with (cause)
9. of, out of, with (material or resource)
10. of, out of, among (out of a larger whole; partitive)
11. from, was, formerly (indicating a change in price)
12. (colloquial) like (quotative (used to introduce direct speech))

Adv

1. of, from
2. from
3. by, from
4. of, about

Noun

1. (masculine, no-diminutive) a surname or nickname beginning with the preposition van
2. (masculine, no-diminutive) any surname

Concepts

of

from

surname

on

🔛

upon

about

for

concerning

at

with

in

by

regarding

retrieve

segue

someone

something

suffice

to

toward

towards

paint a sullen picture

paint a grim picture

draw a sombre picture

paint a lugubrious picture

paint a sombre picture

paint a saturnine picture

paint a dire picture

paint a bleak picture

paint a dreary picture

paint a morbid picture

draw a lugubrious picture

paint a gloomy picture

paint a somber picture

paint a seamy picture

paint a dismal picture

draw a somber picture

paint a drab picture

paint a lustrous picture

paint a splendid picture

draw a radiant picture

paint a mellow picture

draw a brilliant picture

draw a hilarious picture

pain a buoyant picture

present a cheerful picture

draw a shining picture

paint a shining picture

paint a glossy picture

portray a glittering picture

Synonyms

uit

over

om

met

betreffende

aan

🔛

tegen

aangaande

op de

omtrent

op

🆙

per

te

thema

toebehoren

tot

vanaf

voor

voorzien

wat betreft

wisselen

zijn

retrehv

een duister beeld schetsen

een somber beeld schetsen

een helder beeld schetsen

een helder beeld geven

afstand doen van

afzien

bij

binnen

iemand

in

jegens

naar

Translations

de

von

de

de

aus

de

مِن

di

a

über

Familienname

betreffend

ab

anbelangt

ab

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɑn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: van

Inherited from Old Dutch: fan

Cognate with Old Saxon: fana

Cognate with Old Frisian: fan

Cognate with Old High German: fona

In summary

From Middle Dutch van, from Old Dutch fan (“from”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanā, from Proto-Germanic *fanē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂poneh₁ (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo, *h₂pó (“off, of”).
Cognate with Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Old Frisian fan, fon (“from”), Old High German fona, fon (“from”).

Sentences

Zoals altijd is het dus een kwestie van evenwicht .

So, as always, it is a question of balance.

Terrorisme raakt de kern van dit alles .

Terrorism strikes at the very heart of all of these things.

Zij is verantwoordelijk voor het onderhoud van de vaten .

She is responsible for the maintenance of the drums.

Hij is veroordeeld voor obstructie van het onderzoek .

He was convicted of obstruction of the investigation.

Ik moet nog even opmerken dat we genoten hebben van het concert .

I have to say that we enjoyed the concert.

Door uit te zoomen werd steeds meer van de afbeelding zichtbaar .

By zooming out, more and more of the image became visible.