On 3/24/2023 9:02 AM, 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 start a "war", but that choice of meaning may suit the "ego history" of certain lines, but may also indicate a certain "extra-legal" status of the first of that name, chosen to indicate biological rather than legal heritage. "Folk-lore"? Or, "Such is the reality of life"?