van der Merwe

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• van de Merwe

Etymology

From Dutch van der Merwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vanəˈmɛrvə/

Proper noun

van der Merwe

1. a common surname

Usage notes

Generally the first letter of van der Merwe is not capitalised, except when it starts a sentence or, sometimes, when it follows a title, and is almost never capitalised directly following someone's name, however exceptions do arise from personal preference.

Dutch

Etymology

From van (“from”) +‎ der (“the”) +‎ merwe (“Merwede”), merwe being an olden form of Merwede.

Proper noun

van der Merwe

1. a surname