Meanings
proper noun
alternative nonstandard the Hague
- A city, the capital of South Holland, Netherlands; the administrative capital of the Netherlands.
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
- metonymicallyThe International Criminal Court or International Court of Justice.
nounThe Hague (uncountable)
alternative nonstandard the Hague
- uncountableA conviction and/or punishment for crimes against humanity or war crimes delivered by the International Criminal Court.
Those men deserve The Hague for what they did.
- broadlyfigurativelyuncountableA conviction and/or punishment for a destructive, harmful or immoral act.
Origin
- Middle Dutchdes Graven hage
- DutchDen Haag
- EnglishThe Hague
From the French translation (confused with La Hague) of Dutch Den Haag, short form of 's-Gravenhage, from Middle Dutch des Graven hage (1400s), literally, "the Count's hedge[-enclosed hunting grounds]",
More words from Dutch, Middle Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Den Haag
- Den HaagDutch city
Ancient Greek Ἇγα
- Ἇγα (Hâga)Dutch city
Arabic لَاهَاي
- لَاهَاي (lāhāy)Dutch city
Basque Haga
- HagaDutch city
Bengali হেগ
- হেগ (heg)Dutch city
Bulgarian Ха́га
- Ха́га (Hága)Dutch city
Catalan la Haia
- la HaiaDutch city
Chinese Cantonese 海牙
- 海牙 (hoi² ngaa⁴)Dutch city
Chinese Mandarin 海牙
- 海牙 (Hǎiyá)Dutch city
Czech Haag
- HaagDutch city
Danish Haag
- HaagDutch city
Dutch Den Haag, 's-Gravenhage
- Den HaagDutch city
- 's-GravenhageDutch city
- De HaagDutch city
Esperanto Hago
- HagoDutch city
Estonian Haag
- HaagDutch city
Finnish Haag
- HaagDutch city
French La Haye
- La HayeDutch city
German Den Haag
- Den HaagDutch city
Greek Χάγη
- Χάγη (Chági)Dutch city
Hebrew האג
- האג (hag)Dutch city
Hindi हेग
- हेग (heg)Dutch city
Hungarian Hága
- HágaDutch city
Icelandic Haag
- HaagDutch city
Indonesian Den Haag
- Den HaagDutch city
Irish an Háig
- an HáigDutch city
Italian L'Aia
- L'AiaDutch city
Japanese ハーグ, デン・ハーグ
- ハーグ (Hāgu)Dutch city
- デン・ハーグ (Den-Hāgu)Dutch city
Korean 헤이그
- 헤이그 (Heigeu)Dutch city
Latin Haga
- HagaDutch city
Latvian Hāga
- HāgaDutch city
Lithuanian Haga
- HagaDutch city
Malay Den Haag
- Den HaagDutch city
Norwegian Bokmål Haag
- HaagDutch city
Polish Haga
- HagaDutch city
Portuguese Haia
- HaiaDutch city
Romanian Haga
- HagaDutch city
Russian Гаа́га
- Гаа́га (Gaága)Dutch city
Slovak Haag
- HaagDutch city
Spanish La Haya
- La HayaDutch city
Swahili Den Haag
- Den HaagDutch city
Swedish Haag
- HaagDutch city
Tamil டென் ஹாக்
- டென் ஹாக் (ṭeṉ hāk)Dutch city
Thai กรุงเฮก, เฮก
- กรุงเฮก (grung héek)Dutch city
- เฮก (héek)Dutch city
- เดอะเฮกDutch city
Turkish Lahey
- LaheyDutch city
Ukrainian Гаа́га, Гаа́ґа
- Гаа́га (Haáha)Dutch city
- Гаа́ґа (Haága)Dutch city
Urdu ہیگ
- ہیگ (heg)Dutch city
Vietnamese Den Haag, La Hay
- Den HaagDutch city
- La HayDutch city
Welsh Den Haag, Yr Hâg
- Den HaagDutch city
- Yr HâgDutch city
Yiddish דען האַג
- דען האַג (den hag)Dutch city
Cite this entry
APA
The Hague. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/The%20Hague
MLA
“The Hague.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/The%20Hague. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “The Hague,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/The%20Hague.
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