Van Dale Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language ( Dutch : Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal ), called Dikke Van Dale ( lit. ' Thick Van Dale ' ) for short, is the leading dictionary of the Dutch language . The latest edition was published in April 2022.
12-509: Van Dale's dictionary was first published after the death of Johan Hendrik van Dale , who had started work on his New Dictionary of the Dutch Language ( Nieuw woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal [niu ˈʋoːrdə(m)ˌbuɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈtaːl] ) in 1867. This was built upon the original same-named 1864 dictionary of I.M. Calisch and N.S. Calisch. Van Dale did not see the new work published in his lifetime, as he died in 1872. It
24-551: Is still much more that one has forgotten, or has escaped attention, and therefore remains unimproved.) The dictionary was in its final stages of completion - the first volume had already been published - when, in 1872, van Dale caught smallpox, and died of it. His pupil ( kwekeling ( nl )) Jan Manhave [ nl ] saw the rest of it through to publication. The first edition of the Groot woordenboek received some criticism for not upholding academic standards of correctness; but
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48-462: The Van Dale website. The online edition includes a free version for the more common words, and a subscription-based professional version with access to the full 90,000-word dictionary. The Van Dale Dictionary is a private endeavor, to be distinguished from the government-published " Green Booklet " that lists the official spelling mandated for schools and government employees. Van Dale includes
60-537: The official spelling of the words as well, but it further provides their definitions. The position of the editors is clear: the actual use is decisive. Disapproved words are marked as such, but not omitted. The purpose is to inform the reader, therefore the responsibility of using certain words lies solely on them. New title: Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal . Johan Hendrik van Dale Johan Hendrik van Dale ( pronounced [ˈjoːɦɑn ˈɦɛndrɪk fɑn ˈdaːlə] ; 15 February 1828 - 19 May 1872)
72-406: The preface to the first edition, of 1872: Het schrijven van een Woordenboek is een ondankbaar en verdrietig werk. Is er veel dat men heeft opgenomen of verbeterd, er is nog veel meer dat men vergeten heeft, dat de aandacht ontsnapt is en alzoo onverbeterd is gebleven. (The writing of a dictionary is a thankless and sorrowful task. Even when there is much that one has included or corrected, there
84-638: Was a smallpox epidemic in Meetjesland , in East Flanders: Abram (Abraham) van Dale (1799-1837) and his pregnant wife Pietje (Pieternella Johanna du Bois, 1802-1865) fled from it to Sluis , in the Netherlands; where their son, Johan Hendrik, was born. Johan Hendrik must have been an excellent student and scholar. At the age of 16, he was awarded an official teaching certificate ( onderwijsbevoegdheid ), fourth class. Four years later, he
96-529: Was a Dutch teacher, archivist, and lexicographer . He created Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language ( Dutch : Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal ); first published in 1874, after his death. It was, and in its subsequent editions remains, the leading dictionary of the Dutch language . Van Dale's parents were from Eeklo , in the Flemish province of East Flanders , Belgium. There
108-1393: Was also widely praised. From its fourth edition on, and in its later revisions, van Dale's name has been attached to the Groot woordenboek as a sign of its authority in all matters concerning the Dutch language. Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse spelling#Spelling-De Vries en Te Winkel (1864, Vlaanderen; 1883, Nederland; 1888, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) Look for Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse spelling on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse spelling in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
120-462: Was asked to revise the Nieuw woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal (" New Dictionary of the Dutch Language " ( nl )) of 1864 by Isaac Marcus [ nl ] and Nathan Salomon Calisch [ nl ] , which used the obsolete Siedenbeek spelling ( nl ) rather than the recently-proposed De Vries and Te Winkel spelling ( nl ). He accepted the task, and completed it within four years. He wrote in
132-481: Was finished by his student Jan Manhave. Today it is published by the private company Van Dale Lexicografie. Commonly nicknamed Dikke Van Dale ("thick Van Dale") and Grote Van Dale ("big Van Dale") due to its size, the dictionary is published in three volumes (A-I, J-R, S-Z). It is usually updated every 7–8 years, and the 15th edition was published in 2015. Today there are compilations, pocket editions , electronic editions on CD-ROM and an online edition on
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#1732773304656144-683: Was promoted to the second class. In 1854, he was appointed headmaster of the public school in Sluis. In 1857, he was appointed honorary city archivist. He wrote textbooks about the importance of clarity in language, and articles about the history of Sluis. In 1866, he published his first lexigraphical work: Taalkundig handboekje, of alphabetische lijst van alle Nederlandsche woorden, die wegens spelling of taalkundig gebruik aan eenige bedenking onderhevig zijn (" Linguistic handbook, or alphabetical list of all Dutch words which, on account of their spelling or linguistic use, may be open to objection "). In 1867, he
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