English Words Starting With V

• van dongen

  nounLow (Proper Noun)
  /væn ˈdɒŋən/A surname of Dutch origin, most famously associated with the Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen (Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen, 1877–1968).
• van doren

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn ˈdɔːrən/A surname of Dutch origin, literally meaning 'from the thorns'.
• van druten

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn ˈdruːtən/A surname of Dutch origin, most commonly associated with the 20th-century Anglo-American playwright John van Druten.
• van duyn

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn ˈdaɪn/A proper noun, typically a Dutch-derived family name. It does not have a common English lexical meaning.
• van dyck

  nounLow
  /væn ˈdaɪk/A proper noun referring to Sir Anthony van Dyck, a 17th-century Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England.
• van dyken

  nounVery Low
  /væn ˈdaɪkən/A surname of Dutch origin, famously associated with the American swimmer Amy Van Dyken.
• van eyck

  nounLow
  /ˌvæn ˈaɪk/Jan van Eyck, a pioneering 15th-century Flemish painter of the Early Netherlandish school, famous for his detailed oil paintings and innovation in technique.
• van fleet

  nounLow (as a proper noun/phrase).
  /ˌvæn ˈfliːt/A surname of Dutch origin, meaning 'from the fleet' or 'from the stream'.
• van gogh

  nounC2
  /ˌvæn ˈɡɒx/ or /ˌvæn ˈɡɒf/Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890).
• van leyden

  nounC1/C2
  /væn ˈlaɪd(ə)n/The historical surname 'van Leyden' refers to something or someone originating from the city of Leiden in the Netherlands. It is most famously associated with Lucas van Leyden (c. 1494–1533), a renowned Dutch engraver and painter of the Northern Renaissance.
• van line

  nounRare
  /ˈvæn ˌlaɪn/A professional moving company that specializes in transporting household goods and furniture over long distances, typically using large trucks.
• van loon

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn ˈləʊn/A proper noun: a surname, historically of Dutch origin. Most widely recognized as the name of Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944), a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and popularizer of history.
• van paassen

  nounVery Low
  /væn ˈpɑːsən/A Dutch surname, typically referring to an individual or family.
• van pool

  nounIntermediate
  /ˈvæn ˌpuːl/An arrangement where a group of people, often colleagues, share a van for commuting to and from work.
• van rensselaer

  nounVery Low (C2+)
  /ˌvæn ˈrɛnsələ/A prominent family surname of Dutch origin, historically significant in the early colonial and economic development of New York State.
• van riebeeck

  nounC1/C2 (Low-frequency proper noun, regionally specific)
  /ˌvæn ˈriːbɪk/A proper noun referring to Jan van Riebeeck (1619–1677), the Dutch colonial administrator and founder of the first European settlement in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.
• van vechten

  nounVery Low
  /væn ˈvɛxtən/A Dutch proper noun (surname) meaning 'from Vechten' or 'of Vechten', referring to a geographical origin near the town of Vechten in the Netherlands.
• van vleck

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn ˈvlɛk/A surname, most notably associated with prominent physicist John H. Van Vleck, winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• van vogt

  nounLow
  /ˌvæn ˈvəʊɡt/The surname of Alfred van Vogt (1912–2000), a prominent Canadian-born science fiction author.
• van wert

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn ˈwɜːt/A proper noun referring primarily to a city and county in the US state of Ohio. It is a toponym (place name).

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