Since medieval theDuits, Deutsch, Diets whatsoever are the people of the low countries, norhtern france and a part of west-germany. when germany was united they didn't want to call themselves Germans, Holy Romans, Prussian, moffen etc.
they saw nobody claimed Deutschland, so they called themselves Deutschland.
and of course its sounds better when you scream is in front of millions of angry Germans than germany
Count Dudo-Henry of Laurenburg (ca. 1060 - ca. 1123) is considered the founder of the House of Nassau. He is first mentioned in the purported founding-charter of Maria Laach Abbey in 1093 (although many historians consider the document to be fabricated). The Castle Laurenburg, located a few miles upriver from Nassau on the Lahn ... (Lahn is in Germany btw ;)
And nobody knows what "Duits" exactlly means. There are always two sides of a coin - either one is fine ;) I like the anthem btw :)
The word "Duytschen" in the first stanza as a reference to William's roots, whose modern Dutch equivalent, "Duits", exclusively means "German", could refer to William's ancestral house (Nassau) as well as to the lands of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany ; scholars have pointed out that a sharp distinction between Duits ("German") and Diets ("Dutch"), which are dialectical variants of the same word, is unlikely to have existed in 16th-century usage.
All Dutch queens since 1890 and the Grand Dukes of Luxembourg since 1912 have been descended in the female line from the House of Nassau. According to German tradition, the family name is passed only in the male line of succession
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as princely counts. At the end of the Holy Roman Empire, they proclaimed themselves Duke of Nassau.
Mhm no. As I said Wilhelm von Nassau was born in Germany. So "Duits" makes more sense to be "German" rather than Dutch. If you now consider the fact that "Duits" almost sounds like "Deutsch (German)" than it appears to be logic if Duits means Deutsch=German. And I link grammar and history ;)
stupid fuck germany didnt even exist the time this song was written.
diets was the germanic equivalent of latin. ment our people. in middle dutch. wonder why we speak 'dutch' and not netherlandic?
before we were called the netherlands our area was divided in counties and duchies. there were no borders as there are now. sometimes we were 17 provinces, netherlands, belgium, luxemburg and part of nowadays germany. sometimes 7 provinces.
Duitsen bloed ... Means german blood! U call the germans " duitsers" and germany " duitsland" . So how is duitsen not the adjective of duitsland ? And btw wilhem von nassau is from "dillenburg" germany . So its obvs that duitsen bloed means german blood?! Omg learn about history first before u r commenting shit ...
Jongens, het is NIET 'German descent' omdat in de tijd dat dit lied geschreven werd Duitsland en Nederland nog niet bestonden. Het was één grote regio. Duits = Diets = Dutch. Dus het is een goede vertaling en naar mijn mening beter dan het té letterlijk te vertalen naar 'German'.
@zer0nable quote from wikipedia "William was born on 24 April 1533 in the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, Germany" He was born in a castle named Dillenburg wich is in Nassau.
@oranjuh inderdaad en willem van oranje was adoptief zoon van de keizer van het heilige roomse rijk( Heiliger Romanische Reich) ook beter bekent als het duitse rijk dus in de tijd waren nederlanders van duitse afkomst, zeker als je kijkt naar taal en ras. dus ben het helemaal met je eens ze bedoelen echt duits.
@oranjuh het klopt wel maar ze zeggen vooral "ben ik van duitsen bloed" omdat willem van oranje was geboren in Nassau wat in Duitsland ligt en daar ook is opgegroeid.
@oranjuh In de tijd dat dit geschreven werd was Nederland, door loskoppeling van het Spaanse rijk uit het Heilige Roomse rijk gestapt. Wel klopt het dat Willem van Nassau uit het hertogdom Nassau (hedendaags Duitsland) kwam (maar niet dat hele verhaal met Diets, waar Nederland tegen de 16de eeuw al zijn eigen distinctieve taal had)
@Thebassjunk Duitsland was een grote bende aan vorstendommen onder leiding van pruisen, daarintegen Nederland was gewoon een land. Willem van Oranje komt uit één van die vorstendommen.
@clipscroller Pruisen? Pruisen ging pas een rol spelen in de 18e eeuw onder leiding van Frederik II de Grote, meer dan 150 jaar na de Nederlandse onafhankelijkheid. Oostenrijk was de machtigste, maar daar had Nederland weinig mee te maken.
@dancehallreggae What? Excuse me? I happen to live there and in my enviroment there is no one that is racist in any way. It depends on who you meet. And Dutch immigrants? You do know that the Netherlands is one of the richest country's in the world, richer than your Canada, you racist.
Gosh why the big debates. Nutsjesmoar is right. Duits in our anthem does not stand for German, cause Germany did not even exist in those times, the Germany of today consisted of several princedoms and kingdoms, and was not one nation. Duits here refers to Diets...the language at that time, Nederdiets, the Diets version of the Netherlands. Van Duitsen bloed here means of Diets blood, of Dutch blood....
@Ruud22NL Germany did exist, albeit as a 'geographical expression', to quote Metternich in a different context. What you are saying is that Dutch is not a separate language but a low German dialect. The word means German, William was of the House of Nassau, Nassau is a German town.
You are right: The modern German nationalstate didn´t existed in the time of Willem of Nassau - it was founded 1871.
But the 16th century was the time of the old German empire, the Holy Roman Empire of GERMAN Nation (original: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation).
Naussau was part of this empire, so yes, Willem was of German (=duits) blood (the text translates "descent").
@daniel12345678910hb Je denkt toch niet werkelijk dat er 80 jaar oorlog is gevoerd zodat jij nu met dit liedje op de achtergrond je haat kunt botvieren!?
@Goofmedje Ik denk dat er 80 jaar oorlog is gevoerd om dit mooie land mooi, gezellig en samenhorig te houden. Maarja.. dat is nu al n beetje verneukt..
Wie zing er nu: "De koning van hispanje heb ik altijd geeerd"?, Willem van Oranje had de koning van Hispanje juist verraden.. Dat is een feit. Trouwens de Noordelijke Nederlanden zijn nooit bezet geweest door Spanje, wij in Friesland zaten ook niet echt op deze onruststoker te wachten. Welke druiloor laat zich nou 80 jaar bezetten?
Whenever I listen to this performance of the national anthem of the Netherlands, I feel shivers of excitement and poignancy of some kind.. it's definitely the best performance of it that I've ever heard. The best wishes and greetings to one of the best countries, the Netherlands; open-minded, friendly, upright and honourable, as HRH Wilhelmus van Nassouwe would have wished...:-) what a pity that now, a huge and more, more dominant wave of people of Islam, wants to annihilate these values...
I love the Dutch anthem and more importantly, I love the Netherlands and the people who live there!!! It definitely is one place I'm considering to do a study abroad for college for a semester!!!!
@aronlist no not realy you see germany wasn't a country back then, our anthem is older then the state germany, you had various states that later on joined together forming germany
@schijnheiligman but there was an erea that whas called "germany". it wasnt a state. but they called it "duitsland" before the nation. and the Principality of Oranje was in Germany. so he is of german blood...
dude mongool isn't aimed at mongolians its calling some-one mongoloid as in down syndroom.
we have the largest cuzzing-vocabulairy in the world if we offend people most of the time we don't really mean it; for example "dat is kankervet" or when someone needs money for beer we call him "kankersloeber" its all in good fun we don't really wish them to die of cancer and please unless you want a KLOMP in your face don't ever call us supposedly "progressive" especially if your american..
It's not about glorifying the King of Spain. It's an elaborate way to shift blame for the 80 year war to the King of Spain. The dutch are saying: We sticked to our side of the bargain, this war isn't our fault.
Also, what people never realize is that this is a 'Geuzenlied', a resistance song. It says "always honoured the king of Spain", but it means that that honouring stopped there. No longer would that king of Spain be obeyed. "Dat u de Spaengiaerts crencken O Edel Neerlandt soet - Als ick daer aen ghedencke, mijn Edel hert dat bloet."
Duuts, Diets, Duts (dutch) all were the same name for "people" back then. And to complicate things, Willem was from Nassau; german descent. But that's not what the first line in the anthem means. Hell, they were french too (Orange).
@MegaRense : It does not matter... his allegiance went to his people, a nation he helped create or shape, inspired by the desire of freedom. This is why I have the deepest admiration for this nation, its glorious and rich historical heritage and its values.
Despite all its powerful and belligerant neighbors, the Netherlands have managed to survive and thrive in a difficult environment (swampy delta) to make it a wealthy a free place. Long live the NL !!!
Diets, Duuts, Duts, Duits. It all meant "people" back then. And what people don't understand is that is actually a song meant _against_ the king of Spain. Geuzenlied.
Jongens, het kan toch niet zo zijn dat een of andere buitenlander het weer beter weet, en ons de betekenis van ons eigen volkslied gaat uitleggen,, wat een mongool..
For the record, I'm not Mongolian, but Caucasian, not that it should make a difference. And I find the fact that a people as supposedly "progressive" as the Dutch would still use a blatantly racist term like 'mongool' to refer to people they don't like to be deeply disturbing. In any case, let me make this clear one last time: I don't care what you think of my translation of 'Duitschen', never did, never will. Yes, I'm American. Yes, Nederlands is not my first language. Deal with it.
This video wasn't made to tell you how to interpret your own national anthem. It was made to give non-dutch-speakers a glimpse into the Dutch history and cultural mindset. If you want to argue about semantics and etymology whilst throwing around racist epithets, take it somewhere else, aub., because I was sick of this argument before it began. And for the record, I probably have more Dutch blood than even the average Hollander, not that it matters. Kindly put that in your hash pipe and smoke it.
@Nutsjesmoar "Kindly put that in your hash pipe and smoke it." Haha, quite funny:-) Don't let it bother you. There are idiots in every country and they always find their way to youtube;-) Thanks for posting this version of our anthem. Your translation of "Duitschen" is spot on. Duitschen refers to the 'Germanic' people, not to the country Germany, which, of course, did not exist at that time (founded 200+ years later). The translation "of Dutch decent" conveys the "spirit" of the text.
@Nutsjesmoar and you have proven nicely that you are american, you are hypocrits xD we do not all eat cheese or some hash pipes , more americans use drugs than dutch. and the blood in your veins will never be dutch because you fat ignorant americans will never understand european culture cause you are just to fucking stupid to see that nobody likes your kind!!! cause if you understood the song you would have known that we are dutch but we have GERMAN blood in our veins to dificult to understand?
@Nutsjesmoar congrats on a correct translation of our anthem. I've seen there's been a lot debate here about the correct translation of the word "diets" and I agree with your translation especially if you take the whole history behind it into account. Don't let the "mierenneukers" grind you down, most of them don't know what the hell they're talking about. All I like to say is "chapeau" that you even took the time and effort to do this and please keep in mind we're not all close minded fools.
don't forget that without the europeans ther wouldn't even be an america like we know it know and still the only language you learn is englisch, why? in the Netherlands we have to learn al least 4 languages including englisch. are you all morons or something that you can't even learn an other language?
@Goofy2242 . he verrekte mongol, de jeugd van tegenwoordig. New kids on the block . duh, boeie, wat dacht je van betonpunk, of gabbrpunk, verrekte mongol, hehe. grapje. even goede vrienden./....
@Nutsjesmoar The word Mongool, is actually in the Van Dale dutch Dictionairy, meaning a mentally challenged person. not mongolian, just retard. not that it approves u can call people retards for no reason ofcourse. just wanted to inform.
@Nutsjesmoar, if you would take more care in understanding of the facts, you would not make such a stupid remark. Learn dutch, or keep your mouth.... Asshole
@Nutsjesmoar with mongool he means retard it has noting to do with to mongolian people. we call people who have the syndrome of down also mongool because they look a little bit like Mongolian people this is not ment racist it's just common Dutch. so when we call somebody a mongool it means that we think he's as domb as somebody who has the syndrome of down. btw i don't think you are a mongool i think you are just an amereican who doesen't understand Duch completely.
@bazotter mongool means mongolian so why is it not apropiate for 2 civilized peolpe to say mongool in a conversation if you just mean mongolian?? it's not cursing it's just a word.
Are you Dutch? let's first answer that question. And since your not, where do you come from? do you want to compare your Hymne with ours? And do know that Holland is one the few places on Earth where freedom of speech is possible without getting your head chopped of or worse. so miss restyle where are you form and let's see how up to date your national anthem is.
@RightConservativeNL You´re right! The absurd discussion of the meaning of the word duytschen/duitsen first came up after World War II. Before this time nobody had doubts about this! By the way, fantastic song!!!
You say that "VAN DUITSEN BLOED" means that Wilhelmus was of Germany (Duitsland). But at the time when this song was written, DUITSEN had a total different meaning. The word was also a little different, because in the original first lyrics you will find the word DIETSEN wich reveres to someone of old germanic descent. All of this happened before there was a Germany, Hollans or Belgium and we were all DIETSEN people. I hope you understand now
@RightConservativeNL "Van Duitse bloed" wordt in andere talen het best vertaald met "van Nederlands bloed" (oftewel "Dutch decent"), daar dit het dichtst bij de werkelijke betekenis van de originele tekst ligt. Citaat wikipedia: "In het verleden was "Duits" een neutraal woord. De vele volkeren waaruit de gebieden waaruit, onder andere, Nederland en Duitsland bestonden, werden Duitse volken genoemd. Vandaag spreken we nog van Nederduitse (bijv. Nederlands) en Hoogduitse (bijv. Duits) talen"
@Krifko I think the relation between dutch and germans is a little bit like germans and austrians. Culturally and linguistically very close, with a common history.
@RightConservativeNL Nee. Duits komt van Diets wat het kortere woord is van Nederdiets, wat oud-Nederlands is voor Nederlands. De Engelsen hebben het woord 'Diets' overgenomen in hun taal, wat wij tegenwoordig als 'Dutch' kennen.
@RightConservativeNL Vroeger, toen er nog geen grensen waren bestond er geen verschil tussen of je nou Duits of Hollands was. 'Van Duitsen Bloed' was iedereen. Het is verantwoord om, met het verleden in het achterhoofd, dit te vertalen tot 'Dutch descent'. 'Dutch' had immers dezelfde betekenis en omdat de betekenis van het woord in het Engels ook 'Nederlands' is, wordt er hierdoor slechts verwarring voorkomen.
Je hebt gelijk, behalve over dat Wilhelmus een duitser was. Waar er nu duitsen wordt gezegd in het lied stond voorheen 'dietsen' en dat verwijst naar een persoon met een germaanse achtergrond (nederlanders, belgen en duitsers zijn afstammelingen van de strijdbare germanen)
Precies en in de tijd van Willem de Zwijger bestond Duitsland nog niet. Sommige mensen hebben gelukkig wel opgelet op school ;) Ik vind het frappant
dat er nog best veel mensen over die woorden vallen maar niet schijnen te weten of niet de moeite willen doen dat te onderzoeken dat het in de 16de eeuw
I find it a bit out of date...Sounds to me like the only thing they're proud of is getting rid of the Spanish! I mean, one would think something has happened in The Netherlands for the last 400 years that is worth praising...It deserves an update already...
You are not Dutch so Fuck off. this anthem is the oldest in the world and the lyrics and melody kicks ass. and if you were Dutch go shame on you. the pride comes out the hart and not from words. Bitch! not everything has to be styled or ''pimped'' fucking lame ass!
@MrBubbazanethi No need to be rude, misogynist or aggressive. I am entitled to an informed opinion and this is a free location to express it. I am well aware it is the oldest in the world (one point for my argument) and I understand and respect the emotional attachment. But the fact still remains that the lyrics are out of date as, I don't know if you know that, the Spaniards no longer rule over The Netherlands nor there is no longer a need to throw "little apples of Orange" at them.
@Arnhem1980 I prefer you "honour" the country like last Sunday, hehe ;)). It was a very nice gesture to wait the Spanish players on the pitch doing a "corridor" to congratulate them.
By the way, I do not care too much about the Monarchies in general, just ancient institutions in my opinion being against any democratic principle.
Can I ask Dutch and german same race?
Morsoijincheol 3 weeks ago
@Morsoijincheol No, they are not
juultjuh99 3 weeks ago
@juultjuh99 @Morsoijincheol Excuse me, We are same Race: European, We are same Folk: Germanic/Saxon.
AxisPack 5 days ago
@Morsoijincheol white, european, germanic... so yea captain obvious
cubosensaj 1 week ago
een van de beste volksliederen
267erMC 1 month ago
It should be "of German descent"...
NeonGen2000 1 month ago
Waarom staat het volkslied van Nazi Duitsland als top suggestie bij deze video?!
YouCallitPiracy 3 months ago
@YouCallitPiracy Dat staat er ook bij het sovjetische volkslied, het staat er overal voor een of andere reden.
Zippy19891 3 months ago
@Zippy19891
Youtube moet zich schamen...
YouCallitPiracy 3 months ago
Greetings from Scotland. Great anthem. So proud that Netherlands are fighting on the front line for our freedoms. Great nation.
heretowindupthetrots 3 months ago 4
Nice Anthem. Greetings and Respect from Canada. Long live Netherlands!
BlackShots006 3 months ago 2
The holy german empire existed longer then germany my friend ;)
longyearbyen17 4 months ago
i'm dutch but i think its not dutch lol u hear every country exept the netherlands LOL
luckyluuk123 4 months ago
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zer0nable 4 months ago
Dutch descent????
whoiskcwhat 4 months ago
mooi gezongen joh!
dutchman139 4 months ago
ich liebe Holland und die Holländer!
herzliche grüße aus aachen!!!!
TheKomando007 5 months ago
nothing againts dutch but it sounds a bit like a Christmas song
LaDavinschi 5 months ago
@LaDavinschi
they didn't played it right now.
each letter in the name of the song represents a couplet
quintincashman 5 months ago
@LaDavinschi Christmas comes from the Netherlands, go figure. ;)
0mega7000 4 months ago
and there was Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany (c. 1255–1298) .. a Ancestor of your Queen
please don't respond i'm really good in history stuff
zer0nable 5 months ago
I sware on my lastname Loyal To Holland The VanDuesen's of Kansas shall always be
dutchboyvanduesen 5 months ago
leve de koningin! hoera hoera hoera
dutchman139 6 months ago
Unafraid klopt trouwens niet, onverveerd betekent dat je recht op je doel afgaat.
lokaal18 6 months ago
for everybody a little history lesson.
Since medieval theDuits, Deutsch, Diets whatsoever are the people of the low countries, norhtern france and a part of west-germany. when germany was united they didn't want to call themselves Germans, Holy Romans, Prussian, moffen etc.
they saw nobody claimed Deutschland, so they called themselves Deutschland.
and of course its sounds better when you scream is in front of millions of angry Germans than germany
thank you english for stil calling us Dutch
nicky1992b 6 months ago
@nicky1992b zo is dat ;) vlaanderen, nederland, duitsland :) de 3 besten vd wereld, wij doen het op alle gebieden goed
lang leven noord west europa :)
de hanze steden zijn trouwens de mooiste van de wereld
vlaamincksken 6 months ago
wtf
duitse is german he
NLstb 6 months ago
Nederland, the best country in the wourld!!! Best Anthem of the Wourld!!!
Seaman20m 7 months ago
Of Dutch descent...?
Van Duitsen bloed betekent toch echt iets anders...
Kevoh15 7 months ago
@Kevoh15 Duits betekende 400 jaar iets anders dan nu... kijk de 2e comment.
naroj10 7 months ago
@M2BugVsCommonSense Chapeau! Iemand die het begrijpt. :)
Thebassjunk 7 months ago
@M2BugVsCommonSense
I can understand Dutch btw. No need for hate. My dad is Dutch ;) Greetings from the Maple country Canada
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
Count Dudo-Henry of Laurenburg (ca. 1060 - ca. 1123) is considered the founder of the House of Nassau. He is first mentioned in the purported founding-charter of Maria Laach Abbey in 1093 (although many historians consider the document to be fabricated). The Castle Laurenburg, located a few miles upriver from Nassau on the Lahn ... (Lahn is in Germany btw ;)
And nobody knows what "Duits" exactlly means. There are always two sides of a coin - either one is fine ;) I like the anthem btw :)
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
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MrBackFromTheGrave 7 months ago
@JonnyBahonny Duitse refers to Dietsen and has nothing to deal with those Germans.
MrGoingAbroad 7 months ago
@MrGoingAbroad
Ah ok thats why Germany is "DUITSland" in Dutch and thats why you call the Germans "duitsen". Makes absolutly sense!
"Het Duits (de standaardtaal heet ook wel Hoogduits) is een taal behorende tot de West-Germaanse tak van de Germaanse talen".
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
@MrGoingAbroad
The word "Duytschen" in the first stanza as a reference to William's roots, whose modern Dutch equivalent, "Duits", exclusively means "German", could refer to William's ancestral house (Nassau) as well as to the lands of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany ; scholars have pointed out that a sharp distinction between Duits ("German") and Diets ("Dutch"), which are dialectical variants of the same word, is unlikely to have existed in 16th-century usage.
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
@JonnyBahonny It's impossible that it's refering to Germans, cause Germany didn't exist that time... Just think logical.
MrGoingAbroad 7 months ago
@MrGoingAbroad
Holy Roman Empire of Germany?!?! Well read the post below again and then tell me again what "Dutyschen" means
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
@JonnyBahonny You meant Germania lol, not Germany
MrGoingAbroad 7 months ago
@M2BugVsCommonSense
All Dutch queens since 1890 and the Grand Dukes of Luxembourg since 1912 have been descended in the female line from the House of Nassau. According to German tradition, the family name is passed only in the male line of succession
Sounds pretty German to me, eh?
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
@JonnyBahonny
So what, the king of orange ruled over your british crown too, and you even had Germans being your king.
malafideman 6 months ago
@malafideman
Nassau - Oranien was a german Ruler Dynasty since the 12th Century .. read a Book
zer0nable 5 months ago
@M2BugVsCommonSense
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as princely counts. At the end of the Holy Roman Empire, they proclaimed themselves Duke of Nassau.
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
@M2BugVsCommonSense
Mhm no. As I said Wilhelm von Nassau was born in Germany. So "Duits" makes more sense to be "German" rather than Dutch. If you now consider the fact that "Duits" almost sounds like "Deutsch (German)" than it appears to be logic if Duits means Deutsch=German. And I link grammar and history ;)
JonnyBahonny 7 months ago
@JonnyBahonny
stupid fuck germany didnt even exist the time this song was written.
diets was the germanic equivalent of latin. ment our people. in middle dutch. wonder why we speak 'dutch' and not netherlandic?
before we were called the netherlands our area was divided in counties and duchies. there were no borders as there are now. sometimes we were 17 provinces, netherlands, belgium, luxemburg and part of nowadays germany. sometimes 7 provinces.
malafideman 6 months ago
wie heb deze liet gezongen?
XandeR93TV 8 months ago
Duitsen bloed ... Means german blood! U call the germans " duitsers" and germany " duitsland" . So how is duitsen not the adjective of duitsland ? And btw wilhem von nassau is from "dillenburg" germany . So its obvs that duitsen bloed means german blood?! Omg learn about history first before u r commenting shit ...
JonnyBahonny 8 months ago
@JonnyBahonny Maybe you should learn the history better...
Thebassjunk 8 months ago
@Thebassjunk
omg
JonnyBahonny 8 months ago
Jongens, het is NIET 'German descent' omdat in de tijd dat dit lied geschreven werd Duitsland en Nederland nog niet bestonden. Het was één grote regio. Duits = Diets = Dutch. Dus het is een goede vertaling en naar mijn mening beter dan het té letterlijk te vertalen naar 'German'.
Thebassjunk 8 months ago 13
@Thebassjunk sorry maar dietsch betekend volks!
maximmus86 6 months ago
@maximmus86 Waar zeg ik dat dat niet zo is? Ik gaf alleen de evolutie en gelijkenissen van de namen aan...
Thebassjunk 6 months ago
@Thebassjunk
yep and Nassau was in China lol
zer0nable 5 months ago
@Thebassjunk
there was a state 'holy roman empire of the german nation' since the 10th century and holland was part of it for over 600 years
and your first Governor Willem van Oranje was born in Dillenburg /Western Germany
wtf ! :D
zer0nable 5 months ago
@zer0nable Willem of Orange was born in Nassau not Dillenburg that's why the nameof the royal family is "van Oranje Nassau"
Isivish111lol 4 months ago
@Isivish111lol
next time you better check wikipedia before you reply
Willem (Slot Dillenburg, 24 april 1533 — Delft, 10 juli 1584), prins van Oranje, graaf van Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden en Diez
Nassau & Dillenburg are not far away , few Kilometers from Koblenz
Or google "House of Nassau" then you can see the Roots 1000 years ago
zer0nable 4 months ago
@zer0nable quote from wikipedia "William was born on 24 April 1533 in the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, Germany" He was born in a castle named Dillenburg wich is in Nassau.
Isivish111lol 4 months ago
@zer0nable Western Germany did not exist at the time.
RsGhost1 4 months ago
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oranjuh 5 months ago 4
@oranjuh inderdaad en willem van oranje was adoptief zoon van de keizer van het heilige roomse rijk( Heiliger Romanische Reich) ook beter bekent als het duitse rijk dus in de tijd waren nederlanders van duitse afkomst, zeker als je kijkt naar taal en ras. dus ben het helemaal met je eens ze bedoelen echt duits.
alexiusangelfire 4 months ago
@oranjuh het klopt wel maar ze zeggen vooral "ben ik van duitsen bloed" omdat willem van oranje was geboren in Nassau wat in Duitsland ligt en daar ook is opgegroeid.
Isivish111lol 4 months ago
@oranjuh In de tijd dat dit geschreven werd was Nederland, door loskoppeling van het Spaanse rijk uit het Heilige Roomse rijk gestapt. Wel klopt het dat Willem van Nassau uit het hertogdom Nassau (hedendaags Duitsland) kwam (maar niet dat hele verhaal met Diets, waar Nederland tegen de 16de eeuw al zijn eigen distinctieve taal had)
sounynoma 3 months ago
@Thebassjunk Duitsland was een grote bende aan vorstendommen onder leiding van pruisen, daarintegen Nederland was gewoon een land. Willem van Oranje komt uit één van die vorstendommen.
clipscroller 5 months ago
@clipscroller Pruisen? Pruisen ging pas een rol spelen in de 18e eeuw onder leiding van Frederik II de Grote, meer dan 150 jaar na de Nederlandse onafhankelijkheid. Oostenrijk was de machtigste, maar daar had Nederland weinig mee te maken.
GulleGelderlander 4 months ago
@GulleGelderlander Kan wel maar dan blijft het nog steeds zo dat Duitsland in die tijd samen met wat franse gebieden een gebied van vorstedommen was.
clipscroller 4 months ago
Its about Willem Van Oranje.
lifethelifetoday 9 months ago
Its not ''Dutch descent'' but Deutch descent''
GTABiggestFan1611 9 months ago
het is duitsen bloed, dus German, geen Dutch
lolfannetje 9 months ago
this country is one of the most racist countries i have ever seen. thank god we live in canada and where we all fuck dutch immigrants
dancehallreggae 9 months ago
@dancehallreggae a racist comment in itself.
bazotter 9 months ago
@dancehallreggae YOU MUST BE SO SEXUALLY SATISFIED THEN YOU MORON..
clogwog1 9 months ago
@dancehallreggae
then dont come here you black piece of shit. holland is for the whites
HollandAFCA 8 months ago
@HollandAFCA jij bent een idioot :D
mkampinga 8 months ago
@mkampinga
waarheid doet pijn
HollandAFCA 8 months ago
@HollandAFCA idd jammer dat er idioten bestaan :(
mkampinga 8 months ago
@HollandAFCA niet zo racistish man
klootbal 8 months ago
@dancehallreggae What? Excuse me? I happen to live there and in my enviroment there is no one that is racist in any way. It depends on who you meet. And Dutch immigrants? You do know that the Netherlands is one of the richest country's in the world, richer than your Canada, you racist.
loesjuhb 7 months ago
Dude, it as of German descent! Not of Dutch descent
menno123038 9 months ago
Gosh why the big debates. Nutsjesmoar is right. Duits in our anthem does not stand for German, cause Germany did not even exist in those times, the Germany of today consisted of several princedoms and kingdoms, and was not one nation. Duits here refers to Diets...the language at that time, Nederdiets, the Diets version of the Netherlands. Van Duitsen bloed here means of Diets blood, of Dutch blood....
Ruud22NL 9 months ago
@Ruud22NL Germany did exist, albeit as a 'geographical expression', to quote Metternich in a different context. What you are saying is that Dutch is not a separate language but a low German dialect. The word means German, William was of the House of Nassau, Nassau is a German town.
bazotter 9 months ago
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MrGoldenGothic 9 months ago
the oldest national anthem on the planet
bark1986 9 months ago
Lol, hoe Nederlanders "den" uitspreken is grappig ^^
Metaldude1945 10 months ago
Ik hou van Holland
uit Hongarije
87hollandia 10 months ago
Dat is nog eens wat anders dan die Brabançonne!
VlaamscheRidder 11 months ago
@VlaamscheRidder Ik als Nederlander (Brabander) beschouw Vlamingen gewoon als mijn landgenoten eerlijk gezegd. Prachtig volk, dat meen ik.
RobertJV92 10 months ago
@RobertJV92
Omgekeerd ook hoor ;)
VlaamscheRidder 10 months ago
he, ...von deutschem Blut ist der ! Falsch übersetzt!
Jumi2006 11 months ago
Duits = Diets! Prachtig volkslied. Als Vlaming zeg ik dat en meen ik dat oprecht!
christophdevillers 11 months ago 22
@christophdevillers diets betekend nedrlands het is simpel heel oud nederlands dus kappen met da gezeik.
MrGoldenGothic 9 months ago
duitsch means german, but lets not make a fss about our national anthem!
markokrok 11 months ago
@ CCDevlin
You are right: The modern German nationalstate didn´t existed in the time of Willem of Nassau - it was founded 1871.
But the 16th century was the time of the old German empire, the Holy Roman Empire of GERMAN Nation (original: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation).
Naussau was part of this empire, so yes, Willem was of German (=duits) blood (the text translates "descent").
Greetings from Germany
Bindannweg 11 months ago
ti amo olanda
nonmiricordoilmome 1 year ago
Best version i've heard so far.
robbertb 1 year ago
I will move to Amsterdam! Viva la Netherland!
Shadyfan1986 1 year ago
Met dit lied op de achtergrond, alle kut marokkanen eruit. :D
daniel12345678910hb 1 year ago
@daniel12345678910hb
fuck you rasistisch zwijn!
thomastijn5 1 year ago
@daniel12345678910hb Je denkt toch niet werkelijk dat er 80 jaar oorlog is gevoerd zodat jij nu met dit liedje op de achtergrond je haat kunt botvieren!?
Goofmedje 1 year ago
@Goofmedje Ik denk dat er 80 jaar oorlog is gevoerd om dit mooie land mooi, gezellig en samenhorig te houden. Maarja.. dat is nu al n beetje verneukt..
daniel12345678910hb 1 year ago
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Wie zing er nu: "De koning van hispanje heb ik altijd geeerd"?, Willem van Oranje had de koning van Hispanje juist verraden.. Dat is een feit. Trouwens de Noordelijke Nederlanden zijn nooit bezet geweest door Spanje, wij in Friesland zaten ook niet echt op deze onruststoker te wachten. Welke druiloor laat zich nou 80 jaar bezetten?
bildtker76 1 year ago
beautiful anthem cheers
czechivan 1 year ago
Wat een verschrikkelijk volkslied hebben wij toch... -_-
What a horrible anthem do we have... -_-
Van Lauwerszee tot Dollard tou,
Van Drenthe tot aan 't Wad,
Doar gruit, doar bluit ain wonderland,
Rondom ain wondre stad.
Ain pronkjewail in golden raand
Is Grönnen, Stad en Ommelaand;
Ain pronkjewail in golden raand
Is Stad en Ommelaand!
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reflectiatte 1 year ago
wonderful anthem, really really nice one!
ferraricatty 1 year ago
ga eff puur je eigen volk opscheppen man (nederland) wrm de duitse spaanse volken :S:S:S:S:S
AldemirHasan34 1 year ago
Whenever I listen to this performance of the national anthem of the Netherlands, I feel shivers of excitement and poignancy of some kind.. it's definitely the best performance of it that I've ever heard. The best wishes and greetings to one of the best countries, the Netherlands; open-minded, friendly, upright and honourable, as HRH Wilhelmus van Nassouwe would have wished...:-) what a pity that now, a huge and more, more dominant wave of people of Islam, wants to annihilate these values...
Luilekkerlandful 1 year ago
I love the Dutch anthem and more importantly, I love the Netherlands and the people who live there!!! It definitely is one place I'm considering to do a study abroad for college for a semester!!!!
metronova94 1 year ago
welke idioot heeft dit vertaald??
Goofy2242 1 year ago
@Goofy2242 ahahha hi 5 man
ryankam2 1 year ago
I love this anthem! The Dutch are such wonderful people and the Friesian Music is so pretty as well!
metronova94 1 year ago
in the first line of the anthen you hear: ben ik van duitsen bloed.
you translated it as: of dutch decent.
but 'duits' does not mean dutch but german.
you should take that into account.
aronlist 1 year ago
@aronlist no not realy you see germany wasn't a country back then, our anthem is older then the state germany, you had various states that later on joined together forming germany
schijnheiligman 1 year ago
@schijnheiligman but there was an erea that whas called "germany". it wasnt a state. but they called it "duitsland" before the nation. and the Principality of Oranje was in Germany. so he is of german blood...
Prinsgezindepatriot 1 year ago
@schijnheiligman and i mean nassau, not oranje...
Prinsgezindepatriot 1 year ago
@nutjesmoar
dude mongool isn't aimed at mongolians its calling some-one mongoloid as in down syndroom.
we have the largest cuzzing-vocabulairy in the world if we offend people most of the time we don't really mean it; for example "dat is kankervet" or when someone needs money for beer we call him "kankersloeber" its all in good fun we don't really wish them to die of cancer and please unless you want a KLOMP in your face don't ever call us supposedly "progressive" especially if your american..
schijnheiligman 1 year ago
Neerlandsch bloed > this one.
VintageJunior 1 year ago
Al die ophef over niets... Ik bedoel, ik ben ook nederlands, en wat boeit mij het dat de tekst niet klopt ofzo...
MuziekFan1995 1 year ago
Did you know that all german emperors also held the title "Prinz von Oranien"?
mathis1980 1 year ago
I love the lyric but I hate how the dutch glorify the King of Spain
Yochananable 1 year ago
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meesromijn 1 year ago
@Yochananable
It's not about glorifying the King of Spain. It's an elaborate way to shift blame for the 80 year war to the King of Spain. The dutch are saying: We sticked to our side of the bargain, this war isn't our fault.
meneerdepauper 1 year ago 9
@Yochananable the dutch were dominated by spain for a long time
then after 80 years of war wich we cal
the tachtig jarige oorlog (the 80 year war) got its indepence
granted by the spanish king he couldnt get the dutch tow ork with him
bleushift 9 months ago
Also, what people never realize is that this is a 'Geuzenlied', a resistance song. It says "always honoured the king of Spain", but it means that that honouring stopped there. No longer would that king of Spain be obeyed. "Dat u de Spaengiaerts crencken O Edel Neerlandt soet - Als ick daer aen ghedencke, mijn Edel hert dat bloet."
MegaRense 1 year ago
Duuts, Diets, Duts (dutch) all were the same name for "people" back then. And to complicate things, Willem was from Nassau; german descent. But that's not what the first line in the anthem means. Hell, they were french too (Orange).
MegaRense 1 year ago
@MegaRense : It does not matter... his allegiance went to his people, a nation he helped create or shape, inspired by the desire of freedom. This is why I have the deepest admiration for this nation, its glorious and rich historical heritage and its values.
Despite all its powerful and belligerant neighbors, the Netherlands have managed to survive and thrive in a difficult environment (swampy delta) to make it a wealthy a free place. Long live the NL !!!
nigelelsass 1 year ago
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Diets, Duuts, Duts, Duits. It all meant "people" back then. And what people don't understand is that is actually a song meant _against_ the king of Spain. Geuzenlied.
MegaRense 1 year ago
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MegaRense 1 year ago
nutsjesmoar het is van duitschenbloed niet van nederlandsenbloed dom kop :P
maar verder wel goed
markarno1995 1 year ago
Jongens, het kan toch niet zo zijn dat een of andere buitenlander het weer beter weet, en ons de betekenis van ons eigen volkslied gaat uitleggen,, wat een mongool..
bbassjee 1 year ago
For the record, I'm not Mongolian, but Caucasian, not that it should make a difference. And I find the fact that a people as supposedly "progressive" as the Dutch would still use a blatantly racist term like 'mongool' to refer to people they don't like to be deeply disturbing. In any case, let me make this clear one last time: I don't care what you think of my translation of 'Duitschen', never did, never will. Yes, I'm American. Yes, Nederlands is not my first language. Deal with it.
Nutsjesmoar 1 year ago
This video wasn't made to tell you how to interpret your own national anthem. It was made to give non-dutch-speakers a glimpse into the Dutch history and cultural mindset. If you want to argue about semantics and etymology whilst throwing around racist epithets, take it somewhere else, aub., because I was sick of this argument before it began. And for the record, I probably have more Dutch blood than even the average Hollander, not that it matters. Kindly put that in your hash pipe and smoke it.
Nutsjesmoar 1 year ago
@Nutsjesmoar "Kindly put that in your hash pipe and smoke it." Haha, quite funny:-) Don't let it bother you. There are idiots in every country and they always find their way to youtube;-) Thanks for posting this version of our anthem. Your translation of "Duitschen" is spot on. Duitschen refers to the 'Germanic' people, not to the country Germany, which, of course, did not exist at that time (founded 200+ years later). The translation "of Dutch decent" conveys the "spirit" of the text.
Krifko 1 year ago
@Nutsjesmoar and you have proven nicely that you are american, you are hypocrits xD we do not all eat cheese or some hash pipes , more americans use drugs than dutch. and the blood in your veins will never be dutch because you fat ignorant americans will never understand european culture cause you are just to fucking stupid to see that nobody likes your kind!!! cause if you understood the song you would have known that we are dutch but we have GERMAN blood in our veins to dificult to understand?
figarrio 1 year ago
@Nutsjesmoar congrats on a correct translation of our anthem. I've seen there's been a lot debate here about the correct translation of the word "diets" and I agree with your translation especially if you take the whole history behind it into account. Don't let the "mierenneukers" grind you down, most of them don't know what the hell they're talking about. All I like to say is "chapeau" that you even took the time and effort to do this and please keep in mind we're not all close minded fools.
antikist 10 months ago
@Nutsjesmoar
don't forget that without the europeans ther wouldn't even be an america like we know it know and still the only language you learn is englisch, why? in the Netherlands we have to learn al least 4 languages including englisch. are you all morons or something that you can't even learn an other language?
ikke01000 9 months ago
@Nutsjesmoar
Verrekte mongol!
Goofy2242 1 year ago
@Goofy2242 . he verrekte mongol, de jeugd van tegenwoordig. New kids on the block . duh, boeie, wat dacht je van betonpunk, of gabbrpunk, verrekte mongol, hehe. grapje. even goede vrienden./....
RichardCyberPunk 1 year ago
@Nutsjesmoar The word Mongool, is actually in the Van Dale dutch Dictionairy, meaning a mentally challenged person. not mongolian, just retard. not that it approves u can call people retards for no reason ofcourse. just wanted to inform.
iwtkc 1 year ago
@Nutsjesmoar in america, people also use words like mongoloid,
yuurepoer 1 year ago
@Nutsjesmoar, if you would take more care in understanding of the facts, you would not make such a stupid remark. Learn dutch, or keep your mouth.... Asshole
ldeneken 1 year ago
@ldeneken doe normaal man
BataviNL 1 year ago
@Nutsjesmoar
You have made a fundamental mistake :"Deal with it!". and for the record, I am Dutch, 100%.
frmuk 10 months ago
@Nutsjesmoar with mongool he means retard it has noting to do with to mongolian people. we call people who have the syndrome of down also mongool because they look a little bit like Mongolian people this is not ment racist it's just common Dutch. so when we call somebody a mongool it means that we think he's as domb as somebody who has the syndrome of down. btw i don't think you are a mongool i think you are just an amereican who doesen't understand Duch completely.
MrGoldenGothic 9 months ago
@MrGoldenGothic
I think he understood perfectly. The use of the word in either sense is completely unacceptable bewteen civilised people.
bazotter 9 months ago
@bazotter mongool means mongolian so why is it not apropiate for 2 civilized peolpe to say mongool in a conversation if you just mean mongolian?? it's not cursing it's just a word.
MrGoldenGothic 9 months ago
@bbassjee Dude , ik geef degene die zich hier moeite voor heeft gedaan gelijk...
Je bent asociaal als je dat niet accepteert...
341GuiltySpark 1 year ago
@bbassjee je hebt gelijk deze is voor alle Nederlanders die dit zien sta op
compuboy112345 1 year ago
RightconcersativeNL is gewoon een GERMAN WANNABE haha kneus
SergioLipsius 1 year ago
I went to the Netherlands in the spring as a vacationer from Canada, everyone there was very nice and welcoming to me. Such a great country.
TxTairrinTxT 1 year ago
@TxTairrinTxT good to hear you liked it
the dutch and canadians have good bond together mainly because of ww2
and canadian veterans that come back every year to holland
we make sure they are threated like kings
would like to visit canada some day
beautiful country
greets from maastricht
bleushift 9 months ago
@RitaTheSkank
Are you Dutch? let's first answer that question. And since your not, where do you come from? do you want to compare your Hymne with ours? And do know that Holland is one the few places on Earth where freedom of speech is possible without getting your head chopped of or worse. so miss restyle where are you form and let's see how up to date your national anthem is.
MrBubbazanethi 1 year ago
van duitsen bloed = of dutch descent?
wat een onzin,
OF GERMAN BLOOD
RightConservativeNL 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL You´re right! The absurd discussion of the meaning of the word duytschen/duitsen first came up after World War II. Before this time nobody had doubts about this! By the way, fantastic song!!!
mathis1980 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL
Verbastering van Dietsen bloed--> de reden waarom wij de Dutch zijn in het Engels.
DahgreatJ 1 year ago
@DahgreatJ
Het lied gaat niet over ''wij'', het lied gaat over van Oranje, HIJ had Duits bloed, het is dus gwn VAN DUITSEN BLOED - OF GERMAN BLOOD
RightConservativeNL 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL
Eerst onderzoeken, dan antwoorden. Doe maar eens.
DahgreatJ 1 year ago
@DahgreatJ
ga je gang zou ik zeggen
RightConservativeNL 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL
Nee het klopt niet wat je zegt, Duitsland zoals we het nu kennen, bestond nl. nog niet in de 16de eeuw.
tampertt 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL
You say that "VAN DUITSEN BLOED" means that Wilhelmus was of Germany (Duitsland). But at the time when this song was written, DUITSEN had a total different meaning. The word was also a little different, because in the original first lyrics you will find the word DIETSEN wich reveres to someone of old germanic descent. All of this happened before there was a Germany, Hollans or Belgium and we were all DIETSEN people. I hope you understand now
SergioLipsius 1 year ago
@SergioLipsius
Keep believing in your anti-german nonsens, matey
RightConservativeNL 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL "Van Duitse bloed" wordt in andere talen het best vertaald met "van Nederlands bloed" (oftewel "Dutch decent"), daar dit het dichtst bij de werkelijke betekenis van de originele tekst ligt. Citaat wikipedia: "In het verleden was "Duits" een neutraal woord. De vele volkeren waaruit de gebieden waaruit, onder andere, Nederland en Duitsland bestonden, werden Duitse volken genoemd. Vandaag spreken we nog van Nederduitse (bijv. Nederlands) en Hoogduitse (bijv. Duits) talen"
Krifko 1 year ago
@Krifko I think the relation between dutch and germans is a little bit like germans and austrians. Culturally and linguistically very close, with a common history.
Lang leve Nederland!
mathis1980 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL Nee. Duits komt van Diets wat het kortere woord is van Nederdiets, wat oud-Nederlands is voor Nederlands. De Engelsen hebben het woord 'Diets' overgenomen in hun taal, wat wij tegenwoordig als 'Dutch' kennen.
Ken je geschiedenis jongen...
Caellest89 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL: Klets, je vertaalt het als: of Germanic descent.
Leviwosc 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL Vroeger, toen er nog geen grensen waren bestond er geen verschil tussen of je nou Duits of Hollands was. 'Van Duitsen Bloed' was iedereen. Het is verantwoord om, met het verleden in het achterhoofd, dit te vertalen tot 'Dutch descent'. 'Dutch' had immers dezelfde betekenis en omdat de betekenis van het woord in het Engels ook 'Nederlands' is, wordt er hierdoor slechts verwarring voorkomen.
Gyroglle 1 year ago
@RightConservativeNL Sommigen dit niet doorhebben, en niet doorhebben dat ze dit niet doorhebben hebben een grote bek.
Gyroglle 1 year ago
@boerenfox:
Je hebt gelijk, behalve over dat Wilhelmus een duitser was. Waar er nu duitsen wordt gezegd in het lied stond voorheen 'dietsen' en dat verwijst naar een persoon met een germaanse achtergrond (nederlanders, belgen en duitsers zijn afstammelingen van de strijdbare germanen)
SergioLipsius 1 year ago
@SergioLipsius
Precies en in de tijd van Willem de Zwijger bestond Duitsland nog niet. Sommige mensen hebben gelukkig wel opgelet op school ;) Ik vind het frappant
dat er nog best veel mensen over die woorden vallen maar niet schijnen te weten of niet de moeite willen doen dat te onderzoeken dat het in de 16de eeuw
een heel andere betekenis had.
tampertt 1 year ago
I find it a bit out of date...Sounds to me like the only thing they're proud of is getting rid of the Spanish! I mean, one would think something has happened in The Netherlands for the last 400 years that is worth praising...It deserves an update already...
RitaTheSlack 1 year ago
@RitaTheSlack The Dutch are seriously hung up on the Spaniards from 400 years ago.
bogglerful 1 year ago
@RitaTheSlack
You are not Dutch so Fuck off. this anthem is the oldest in the world and the lyrics and melody kicks ass. and if you were Dutch go shame on you. the pride comes out the hart and not from words. Bitch! not everything has to be styled or ''pimped'' fucking lame ass!
MrBubbazanethi 1 year ago
@MrBubbazanethi No need to be rude, misogynist or aggressive. I am entitled to an informed opinion and this is a free location to express it. I am well aware it is the oldest in the world (one point for my argument) and I understand and respect the emotional attachment. But the fact still remains that the lyrics are out of date as, I don't know if you know that, the Spaniards no longer rule over The Netherlands nor there is no longer a need to throw "little apples of Orange" at them.
RitaTheSlack 1 year ago
As the anthem says, honour to Spain next Sunday, please xDDD
ErinShore78 1 year ago
@ErinShore78 We honour the King not the country ;)
Arnhem1980 1 year ago
@Arnhem1980 I prefer you "honour" the country like last Sunday, hehe ;)). It was a very nice gesture to wait the Spanish players on the pitch doing a "corridor" to congratulate them.
By the way, I do not care too much about the Monarchies in general, just ancient institutions in my opinion being against any democratic principle.
ErinShore78 1 year ago