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Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

diminutive A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...

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Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th c ...

. Once a very common name in the northern part of the Netherlands, its popularity has steadily declined since 1900.Antje
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database of given names in the Netherlands.

People

* Antje "Nina" Baanders-Kessler (1915–2002), Dutch sculptor and medalist * Antje Blumenthal (born 1947), German politician, member of the Christian Democratic Union *

Antje Boetius Antje Boetius (born 5 March 1967) is a German marine biologist. She is a professor of geomicrobiology at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, University of Bremen.

(born 1967), German marine biologist *

Antje Buschschulte Antje Buschschulte (born 27 December 1978) is a German former swimmer. Her best disciplines were the short distance backstroke and freestyle races. Buschschulte swam for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. She participated in Olympic Games 1996, 2 ...

(born 1978), German swimmer *

Antje Duvekot Antje Duvekot ( ; born 1974) is a German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds three top songwriting awards including the Kerrville New Folk Competition's Best New Folk Award, Boston Music Award ...

(born 1976), singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts * Antje Danielson (born 1957), German-born American geochemist, co-founder of Zipcar * Antje Frank (born 1968), German rower * (1951–1993), German television presenter * Antje Gleichfeld (born 1938), German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres *

Antje Harvey Antje Harvey ( Misersky; born 10 May 1967 in Magdeburg) is a former German cross-country skier and biathlete. She began her career as cross country skier and was a member of the East German team that won the 4 × 5 km bronze medal at the 1 ...

(born 1967), German cross country skier and biathlete * Antje Huber (1924–2015), German Minister for Youth, Family and Health *

Antje Jackelén Antje Jackelén (; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita ('' prima inter pares'') of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received throu ...

(born 1955), Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala *

Antje-Katrin Kühnemann Antje-Katrin Kühnemann (22 February 1945 – 3 March 2025) was a German doctor and television presenter. Early life and career The daughter of an officer, she grew up with her mother and three siblings in Munich after the early death of her ...

(born 1945), German medical doctor and TV presenter of health related programs * Antje Angela Malestein (born 1993), Dutch handball player * Antje Geertje "Ans" Markus (born 1947), Dutch painter *

Antje Möldner-Schmidt Antje Möldner-Schmidt (born 13 June 1984) is a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance running and the 3000 metres steeplechase. Biography Born in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, she began training in athletics ...

(born 1984), German middle-distance runner * Antje Nikola Mönning (born 1978), German actress *

Antje Paarlberg Antje Paarlberg née Waagmeester (16 February 1808 – 28 October 1885) is known as the inspiration for the novel ''So Big''. Chicago area author Edna Ferber used South Holland, Illinois, its pioneers and onion farms as background for her 1924 no ...

(1808–1885), Dutch emigrant to the United States, inspiration for the novel "So Big" * Antje Elisabeth "Anne" van Schuppen (born 1960), Dutch long-distance runner *

Antje Stille Antje Stille (born 8 September 1961) is a retired German swimmer. In February–March 1976 she set two world records in the 200 m backstroke. Later that year she competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially ...

(born 1961), East German swimmer *

Antje Rávic Strubel Antje is a female name. It is a Low German and Dutch diminutive form of Anna. Once a very common name in the northern part of the Netherlands, its popularity has steadily declined since 1900.Antje Töpfer Antje Töpfer (born 22 May 1968 in Ludwigsfelde, East Germany) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. From December 2022 to September 2024 she was State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Prot ...

(born 1968), German Green Party politician *

Antje Traue Antje Traue (; born 18 January 1981) is a German actress. She started performing in plays as a sixteen-year-old in 1997, made her first screen appearance in the 2000 German film ''Verlorene Kinder'', and appeared in her first English-language ro ...

(born 1981), German actress *

Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (; 31 May 194315 March 2023) was a German Protestant theologian, academic teacher and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. She became a member of the Bundestag in 1983 when the Greens first entered the West German parliament, ...

(1943–2023), German Green Party politician *

Antje Vowinckel Antje Vowinckel (born December 14, 1964) is a Berlin-based German sound artist, radio artist, and musician. Early life Vowinckel was born in Hagen Hagen () is a city in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germ ...

(born 1964), German radio artist and musician *

Antje Weithaas Antje Weithaas (born 1966) is a German classical violinist. Apart from solo recitals and chamber music performances, she has played with leading orchestras in Europe, Asia and the United States. Career Born in Guben, Weithaas studied at the ...

(born 1966), German classical violinist *

Antje Zöllkau Antje Zöllkau (née Kempe, born 22 June 1963) is a German former javelin thrower who represented East Germany. The 1982 European silver medallist, her best javelin throw of 72.16 metres in 1984, ranks her in the world all-time top 10 for the P ...

(born 1963), East German javelin thrower

Fictional

Frau Antje Frau Antje is a Dutch character used in the advertising of cheese (and other dairy products). "Frau" is German for "Ms.", and "Antje" is a first name that is as acceptable in German as it is in Dutch: the character was created specifically for the ...

, fictional Dutch character used in the advertising of Dutch cheese in Germany

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