Language New Netherland

main street province, noort rivier, 1 of 3 main rivers in new netherland. in maritime usage, north river still name part of hudson between hudson county , manhattan.

dutch continued spoken in region time. president martin van buren grew in kinderhook, new york speaking dutch, later becoming president not have spoken english first language. pidgin delaware developed in province vehicular language expedite trade. dialect known jersey dutch spoken in , around rural bergen , passaic counties in new jersey until 20th century. mohawk dutch, spoken around albany, extinct.

many dutch words borrowed english evident in today s american vernacular , emanate directly legacy of new netherland. example, quintessential american word yankee may corruption of dutch name, jan kees. knickerbocker, surname, has been used describe number of things, including breeches, glasses, , basketball team. cookie dutch word koekje or (informally) koekie. boss, baas, evolved in new netherland usage known today.

placenames

early settlers , descendents gave many placenames still in use throughout region new netherland. using dutch, , latin alphabet, batavianized names of native american geographical locations such manhattan, hackensack, sing-sing, , canarsie. peekskill, catskill, , cresskill refer streams, or kils, around grew. schuylkill river redundant, since kil built it. among use hoek, meaning corner, are: red hook, sandy hook, constable hook, , kinderhook.

nearly pure dutch forms name bodies of water spuyten duyvil, kill van kull, , hell gate. countless towns, streets, , parks bear names derived dutch places or surnames of dutch settlers. hudson , house of orange-nassau lend names numerous places in northeast.

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