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  2. Von - Wikipedia

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    In medieval or early modern names, the von particle was at times added to commoners' names; thus, Hans von Duisburg meant ' Hans from [the city of] Duisburg '. This meaning is preserved in Swiss toponymic surnames and in the Dutch van, which is a cognate of von but also does not necessarily indicate nobility.

  3. Nobiliary particle - Wikipedia

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    The names of the most ancient nobility, the Uradel, but also names of some old untitled nobility, often do not contain either von or zu, such as Grote, Knigge or Vincke. [6] Conversely, the prefix von occurs in the names of 200 to 300 non-noble families, [7] much like van in the Netherlands.

  4. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    von – "of", "from"; often a sign of nobility, but also just a geographical term of the name originated of a location. zu - ( German ) "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu , meaning the noble family still owns the place of naming

  5. List of Dutch family names - Wikipedia

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    Dutch family names were not required until 1811 when emperor Napoleon annexed the Netherlands; [1] prior to 1811, the use of patronymics was much more common. In Dutch linguistics , many names use certain qualifying words (prepositions) which are positioned between a person's given name and their surname .

  6. Von List - Wikipedia

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    Von List is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include: Guido Karl Anton List (1848-1919), Austrian occultist, journalist, novelist and member of the Thule Society; Wilhelm von List (1880-1971), German field marshal during the World War II

  7. List of Bavarian noble families - Wikipedia

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    This List of Bavarian noble families contains all 338 Bavarian aristocratic families named in 1605 by Siebmacher as well as further additions. The list is an alphabetical overview of Bavarian nobility. It contains information about name variants, ancestry, extent and well-known personalities of the line.

  8. German name - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes von is also used in geographical names that are not noble, as in von Däniken. With family names originating locally, many names display particular characteristics of the local dialects, such as the south German, Austrian and Swiss diminutive endings -l-el, -erl, -le or -li as in Kleibl, Schäuble or Nägeli (from 'Nagel', nail). The ...

  9. Category:German noble families - Wikipedia

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    S. Saldern; Salian dynasty; House of Santen; House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Saxe-Gessaphe; Schaffgotsch family; Schetz; Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen