On 3/24/23 08:02, Per Jessen wrote:
Pit Suetterlin via openSUSE Users wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Butbut, they _are_ 1-part last names? Leeuwen, Donato ? That's not last name, that's last part of the last name :D Hehe :-)
Way off-topic of course, but it is Friday.
Maybe it is just me, but I usually don't consider the "van", "von", "zu", "di", "auf", "van den", "in der", "auf der" to be a part of the last name. It is an old indication of nobility, even if not in much use any more.
Not necessarily nobility. Could be where they are from. Carlos de Seville would be a different person than Carlos de Madrid. Before patronymics that was how you told which was which. -- In times of Tyranny and injustice when law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history. ~ · Robin Hood · 2010 · Screen Title