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Anneke Van Hoof
Anneke is a Dutch and Low German female diminutive given name, meaning ''little Anna'' or ''little Anne'', i.e., ''Annie'', an alternate pet or endearing form of Anna. The given name and later surname ''Anneke'' also ''Annecke'' is a diminutive of the male short name Anno, a variant of Arno, itself derived from Arnold. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name *Anneke Beerten (born 1982), Dutch mountain cyclist *Anneke Esaiasdochter (1509–1539), Dutch Anabaptist *Anneke van Giersbergen (born 1973), Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist *Anneke von der Lippe (born 1964), Norwegian actress *Anneke Venema (born 1971), Dutch rower *Anneke Wills (born 1941), English actress People with the surname *Fritz Anneke (1818–1872), German-American socialist and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter *Mathilde Franziska Anneke Mathilde Franziska Anneke (née Giesler; April 3, 1817 – November 25, 1884) was a German writer, feminist, and radical dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low German Language
Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" refers to the altitude of the areas where it is typically spoken. Low German is most closely related to Frisian and English, with which it forms the North Sea Germanic group of the West Germanic languages. Like Dutch, it has historically been spoken north of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses, while forms of High German (of which Standard German is a standardized example) have historically been spoken south of those lines. Like Frisian, English, Dutch and the North Germanic languages, Low German has not undergone the High German consonant shift, as opposed to Standard High German, which is based on High German dialects. Low German evolved from Old Saxon (Old Low German), which is most closely related to Old Frisian and Old English (Anglo-Saxon). The Low German diale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna (name)
Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin language, Latin form of the and the Hebrew name Hannah (given name), Hannah (), meaning "favour" or "grace". Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana (given name), Ana, Anne, originally a French language, French version of the name, though in use in English language, English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the English spelling. Saint Anne is traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary, which accounts for its wide use and popularity among Christians. The name has also been used for numerous saints and queens. In the context of pre-Christian Europe, the name can be found in Virgil's ''Aeneid'', where Anna appears as the sister of Dido advising her to keep Aeneas in her city. Variant forms Alternate forms of Anna, including spelling variants, short forms, diminutives and transliterations are: * Aenn - English language, English * Aen - English language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anno (other)
Anno may refer to: People *Anno of Saint Gall (died 954), Anti-Abbot of St. Gall * Anno II (Archbishop of Cologne) ( 1010–1075), Archbishop of Cologne from 1056 to 1075 * Anno (surname) * Anno Birkin (1980–2001), English musician *Hideaki Anno (1960-), Anime director Arts and media * ''Anno'' (video game series) * Anno Dracula series, fantasy novels by Kim Newman *''Anno's Journey'', a series of children's books by Mitsumasa Anno Other * Anno, Ivory Coast, a settlement in Lagunes District *Anno (Austrian Newspapers Online), a digitisation initiative of the Austrian National Library *Anno, a form of the Latin noun annum **Anno Hegirae, in the Islamic calendar, ("in the year of the Hijra"), abbreviated as AH or H **Anno Domini ("in the year of (Our) Lord"), abbreviated as AD, an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth **Anno Mundi ("in the year of the world"), abbreviated AM, a Calendar era counting from the creation of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. Source and route The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, flowing into the Ligurian Sea at Marina di Pisa. With a length of , it is the largest river in the region. It has many tributaries: Sieve at long, Bisenzio at , Ombrone Pistoiese at , and the Era, Elsa, Pesa, and Pescia. The drainage basin amounts to more than and drains the waters of the following subbasins: *The Casentino, in the province of Arezzo, formed by the upper course of the river until its confluence with the Maestro della Chiana channel. *The Val di Chiana, a plain drained in the 18th century, which until then had been a marshy area tributary of the Tiber. *The upper Valdarno, a long valley bordered on the east by the Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold (given Name)
Arnold is a masculine German language, German, Dutch language, Dutch and English language, English given name. It is composed of the Germanic name, Germanic elements ''arn'' "eagle" and ''wald'' "power, brightness". The name was first recorded in Francia from about the 7th century, at first often conflated with the name ''Arnulf'', as in the name of bishop Arnulf of Metz, also recorded as ''Arnoald''. ''Arnulf'' appears to be the older name (with Cognate, cognates in Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse), and German (Old Frankish, Frankish) ''Arnold'' may have originally arisen in c. the 7th century as a corruption of ''Arnulf'', possibly by conflation of similar names such as ''Hari-wald'', ''Arn-hald'', etc. The name is attested with some frequency in History of Germany#Middle Ages, Medieval Germany during the 8th to 11th centuries, as ''Arnold, Arnalt, Arnald, Arnolt''. It was occasionally spelled ''Harnold, Harnald'', and the name may have been conflated with an independent formation con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Beerten
Anneke Beerten (born 7 July 1982) is a Dutch Mountain bike racer and BMX racer. Specializing in Four-cross she was world champion in this discipline in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2016. en The-Sports.org Life Beerten was born in 1982 in Mariënvelde and she was riding a mountain bike at age four. She has competed regularly each year as an amateur. She gave up work in retail when she was 22 to become a full time four-cross cyclist. She won the world championships in 2011 and 2012 and she has topped the rankings every year bar one from 2007 to 2011.Results References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Esaiasdochter
Anneke Esaiasdochter (also ''Anna Jansz'', ''Anneken Jans'' or ''Anneke van Rotterdam''; 1509–1539), was a Dutch Anabaptist executed as a heretic and at the time regarded as a Protestant martyr. Life Anna Jansz was born in Brielle on the Dutch island of Putten Voorne-Putten in 1509 or 1510. She was executed for heresy by drowning because of her connection to David Joris on 24 January 1539. She is the subject of poems, a novel and was regarded in the propaganda as a Protestant martyr. A description of her martyrdom is the basis of song number 18 of the Ausbund. In the time of the Münster Rebellion between 1534 and 1536, she wrote the ''Trumpet Song'' (''Ick hoorde de Basuyne blasen''), a song influenced by the apocalyptic revolutionary spirit of the Dutch Anabaptist movement of the time, inspired by the writings of Bernhard Rothmann. The Trumpet Song was published for the first time in ''Een Geesteliick Liedt-Boecken'' by David Joris in 1539. She is the author of a "spiritual w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Van Giersbergen
Anna Maria "Anneke" van Giersbergen (born 8 March 1973) is a Dutch singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as the lead singer for the rock band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The project was originally called Agua de Annique, but now goes by her own name. A frequent collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, she portrayed main characters in the albums '' Into the Electric Castle'', ''01011001'' and '' The Theater Equation'' by his project Ayreon. In 2014 they collaborated on a project called The Gentle Storm, which produced an album titled '' The Diary'' that was released in 2015. Since 2016 she has formed a new band VUUR with members of The Gentle Storm live band and her own solo band, to focus on the heavier side of her music. They released their debut album '' In This Moment We Are Free – Cities'' in October 2017. In 2021 she released another solo album: The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest. She continues to tour with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Von Der Lippe
Anneke von der Lippe (born 22 July 1964) is a Norwegian actress. She made history as the first Norwegian – and Nordic - actress to win an International Emmy Award. Biography Von der Lippe graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1988, and has since acted both at Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theater) and at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre), in roles such as "Nora" in Henrik Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'', "Masja" in Anton Chekhov's '' Three Sisters'', and "Gwendolen Fairfax" in Oscar Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest''. She has won the Amanda – the main Norwegian film award – for best actress twice: for '' Krigerens hjerte'' in 1992, and for ''Over stork og stein'' and ''Pan'' in 1995. She was named one of European films' "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion in 1998. In 2005, she was nominated as the first ever Norwegian actor for an International Emmy Award, for her role in the TV-drama ''Ved kongens bord''. In 2015, v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Venema
Anneke Venema (born 19 January 1971) is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, Venema and Elien Meijer Elsiena Janneke Meijer (born 25 January 1970) is a retired rower from the Netherlands. Meijer was born in 1970 in Den Helder, Netherlands. At the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis, United States, she won a gold medal with the wome ... finished 8th in the women's coxless pair. References *Dutch Olympic Committee 1971 births Living people Dutch female rowers Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Veendam Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportswomen 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Wills
Anneke Wills (; born Anna Katarina Willys, 20 October 1941) is an English actress, best known for her role as the companion Polly in the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Wills's father, Alaric Willys, was a captain in the British Army. Her mother, Anna, was Dutch, born in Rotterdam. Anneke is the granddaughter of Richard Raymond Willis VC. Career Deciding she wanted to be an actress she studied drama at the Arts Educational School and RADA in London and quickly became one of the busiest actresses of her generation, early roles included an appearance as Roberta in the second TV version of '' The Railway Children'' in 1957. Her other film roles included appearances in '' Some People'' (1962) and '' The Pleasure Girls'' (1965). Her other television credits include appearances in '' The Avengers'' and as Evelyn in '' Strange Report'' (1969–70). ''Doctor Who'' In 1966, she took the role of Polly in ''Doctor Who''. She appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
