In the Dutch language, the word 't (Dutch pronunciation: [ət]) is a contraction of the article "het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a tussenvoegsel, a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. Careful writers should use an apostrophe (U+2019 ’ ) in front of the t – and not confuse it with a left quotation mark (U+2018 ‘ )^[1] and put a space before the apostrophe.

Examples

• Dirk van 't Klooster
• Evert-Jan 't Hoen
• Gerard 't Hooft
• Haas Visser 't Hooft
• in 't Veld (surname)
  • Bart Spring in 't Veld
  • Sophie in 't Veld
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
• John van 't Schip
• Maarten 't Hart
• Tom van 't Hek
• Van 't Hof (surname)
• Van 't Wout (surname)
• Willem Visser 't Hooft
• Youp van 't Hek

See also

• Definite article reduction, a similar contraction in some dialects of English

References

Look up 't in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.