Hollands

See also: hollands

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Hollands (uncountable)

1. jenever (the Dutch form of gin)

Etymology 2

Variant of Holland.

Proper noun

Hollands (plural Hollandses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hollands is the 34185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 664 individuals. Hollands is most common among White (76.81%) and Black/African American (16.42%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hollands”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 193.

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• Hollandsch, Hollantsch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Holland +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔ.lɑnts/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hol‧lands

Adjective

Hollands (comparative Hollandser, superlative meest Hollands or Hollandst)

1. Hollandic
2. (chiefly Belgium, proscribed) Netherlandic, Dutch

Inflection

Declension of Hollands
uninflected	Hollands
inflected	Hollandse
comparative	Hollandser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		Hollands	Hollandser	het Hollandst het Hollandste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Hollandse	Hollandsere	Hollandste
	n. sing.	Hollands	Hollandser	Hollandste
	plural	Hollandse	Hollandsere	Hollandste
definite		Hollandse	Hollandsere	Hollandste
partitive		Hollands	Hollandsers	—

Derived terms

• Hollandse rekenkunde

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänts
• Negerhollands: hollands
• → Aukan: Olansi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: holáns
• → Trió: oransi

Proper noun

Hollands n

1. Hollandic (dialect)
2. (chiefly Belgium, proscribed) Netherlandic Dutch (dialect)