Hague
/heɪɡ/noun
The Hague is a city in the Netherlands and the seat of the Dutch government, parliament, and supreme court.
Did you know?The city’s Dutch name, Den Haag, is shortened from ’s-Gravenhage—“the Count’s hedge”—referring to a wooded hunting enclosure belonging to the counts of Holland.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*hაგō
“An enclosure or hedge; a reconstructed Germanic form associated with a fenced boundary.”
Old English
Old English
haga
“An enclosed piece of land, hedge, or fenced boundary.”
Middle Dutch
Middle Dutch
hage
“A hedge, enclosure, or wooded fenced area.”
13th Century
Dutch
Die Haghe
““The hedge” or “the enclosure,” an early name for the settlement.”
15th Century
Dutch
's-Gravenhage
““The Count’s hedge,” referring to the hunting enclosure of the counts of Holland.”
Modern English
English
The Hague
“The established English name of the Dutch city.”