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tankhughes commented on the word tussenvoegsel
in Dutch, this is the word that refers to the "van" in a Dutch surname like Vincent van Gogh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tussenvoegsel
When they alphabetize Dutch names in the Netherlands, they ignore the tussenvoegsel, but outside of there, it's often capitalized or concatenated and treated as the start of the surname.
June 29, 2025