. . . you know . . we have a saying here in Germany which translates as "Every Dutchman is of royalty . . They all have the name 'van' . ."
lol
Explanation: German royalty mostly bears the last name "von" so and so.
"Von Preussen" ;"Von der Mühlen", and such . . . that translates as "of" . . . like "Charles of Wales"; "William of Orange" etc . .
It means their origin.
The Dutch word 'van' has the same meaning as the German 'von' ,of.
However . . that doesn't really mean every Dutch person is of royalty . . .
Merely joking..
That custom has different roots.
In German the name would be 'Eduard van Halen' ,pronounced 'E-doo-ard-fun-Hulen' , cleared up for people of English pronounciation . .
I admit ,when I was a kid in the 80's and first heard the band name 'Van Halen' I was like: "What . . . a band naming itself after royalty . . .?!!"
. . I was still young back then.
. . so , Dutch people may often carry the name 'van', yet , they're not all from royalty . .
Not even anemic royalty.
Just joking . .
Nothing against our Dutch brothers / sisters