In modern Nederlands the spelling is 'uit' and means also 'from'. However, I'm not sure of the shade of difference in meaning between 'uit' and 'van' if any. Terry HJ >In the New Amsterdam Dutch Church marriage records, it usually states the >bride and groom are either "Uyt" or "Van". "Van N.Yorke" Uyt >N. Nederlt" > "Van Aernhem in Gelderlt" "Uyt Noordt Holldt" "Uyt Engelt" etc. > >I checked my Dutch-English dictionary and Van means from, but Uyt is not >listed in the dictionary. What does Uyt mean.

My reading of the difference between 'uit' and 'van' is this, and I may be wrong: 'van' = from, as in hometown, homeland; a place, if not birthplace, where residence was long-established. 'uit' = 'out of' a place, having departed from a place, that may or may not have been a place of long-established residence, or even short residence. It could have been a brief stopping place, from which the departure was made. In any case it does not carry the sense of belonging to and/or being identified for some reason with a place. I have a 1720s Dutch-English dictionary in the archive for which I'm responsible. It may help - don't know. I am not there now. Ethel, if you'll remind me off-list, I'll check it for you. If others are interested, please speak up. ----- Original Message ----- From: THJ Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:18 am Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Meaning of 'Uyt' in the marriage records To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > In modern Nederlands the spelling is 'uit' and means also > 'from'. However, I'm not sure of the shade of difference in > meaning > between 'uit' and 'van' if any. > > Terry HJ > > > >In the New Amsterdam Dutch Church marriage records, it usually > states the > >bride and groom are either "Uyt" or "Van". "Van N.Yorke" > Uyt > >N. Nederlt" > > "Van Aernhem in Gelderlt" "Uyt Noordt Holldt" "Uyt > Engelt" etc. > > > >I checked my Dutch-English dictionary and Van means from, but > Uyt is not > >listed in the dictionary. What does Uyt mean. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH- > COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >