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According to German alphabetical sorting, people with von in their surnames – of noble or non-noble descent alike – are listed in telephone books and other files under the rest of their names (e.g., the economist Ludwig von Mises would have been found under M in the phone book rather than V).
The preposition von ("of") was used to distinguish nobility; for example, if someone was baron of the village of Veltheim, his family name would be von Veltheim. In modern times, people who were elevated to nobility often had a 'von' added to their name. For example, Johann Wolfgang Goethe had his name changed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
Achim von Arnim, German poet, novelist and a leading figure of German Romanticism; Bettina von Arnim, German writer and novelist; Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, post-romanticist poet and writer; Thomas Bernhard, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet; Hayim Nahman Bialik, Jewish poet; Arrigo Boito, Italian poet, journalist, novelist, librettist and ...
This category is for lists of (notable) people with a particular given name. See also: Category:Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Pages in category "Lists of people by given name"
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
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In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility.While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.
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