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In the Dutch language, the word t () is a contraction of the article "het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a tussenvoegsel, a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. Careful writers should use an apostrophe () in front of the t – and not confuse it with a left quotation mark () and put a space before the apostrophe.

Examples

Dirk van 't Klooster Evert-Jan 't Hoen Gerard 't Hooft Haas Visser 't Hooft in 't Veld (surname) Bart Spring in 't Veld (note: surname is "Spring in 't Veld") Sophie in 't Veld Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff John van 't Schip Maarten 't Hart Tom van 't Hek Van 't Hof (surname) Van 't Wout (surname) Willem Visser 't Hooft Youp van 't Hek

See also Definite article reduction, a similar contraction in some dialects of English N-apostrophe, a similar digraph in Afrikaans.

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