Haag
/haːx/noun
Haag is a Dutch place-name and surname, best known as a shortened form of Den Haag, the city commonly called The Hague in English.
Did you know?Den Haag developed from Die Haghe, meaning “the hedge,” referring to a wooded hunting enclosure associated with the counts of Holland.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kagh-
“To enclose, contain, or form a defensive boundary”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hagją
“An enclosed area, hedge, or tract of land surrounded by a boundary”
Old Dutch
Old Dutch
haga
“An enclosure or fenced woodland”
13th Century
Middle Dutch
Die Haghe
“The enclosed woodland or the hedge; an early name for the settlement”
Modern Dutch
Dutch
Den Haag / Haag
“The Hague; literally connected with an enclosure or hedge”