Phrase guide

The Hague

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ðə ˈhæɡ/
  • UK: /ðə ˈheɪɡ/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A city, the capital of South Holland, Netherlands; the administrative capital of the Netherlands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The International Criminal Court or International Court of Justice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A conviction and/or punishment for crimes against humanity or war crimes delivered by the International Criminal Court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Those men deserve The Hague for what they did.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A conviction and/or punishment for a destructive, harmful or immoral act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, figuratively, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 's Gravenhage, Den Haag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

History

Etymology

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]",

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Albanian: Haga — Dutch city
  • Arabic: لَاهَاي (lāhāy) — Dutch city
  • Armenian: Հաագա (Haaga) — Dutch city
  • Azerbaijani: Haaqa — Dutch city
  • Basque: Haga — Dutch city
  • Belarusian: Гаа́га (Haáha) — Dutch city
  • Bengali: হেগ (heg) — Dutch city
  • Bulgarian: Ха́га (Hága) — Dutch city
  • Burmese: ဟိတ် (hit) — Dutch city
  • Catalan: la Haia — Dutch city
  • Chinese Cantonese: 海牙 (hoi2 ngaa4) — Dutch city
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海牙 (Hǎiyá) — Dutch city
  • Chuvash: Гаага (Gaaga) — Dutch city
  • Czech: Haag — Dutch city
  • Danish: Haag — Dutch city
  • Dutch: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Dutch: 's-Gravenhage — Dutch city
  • Dutch: De Haag — Dutch city
  • Esperanto: Hago — Dutch city
  • Estonian: Haag — Dutch city
  • Farefare: Dɛn-Haɣa — Dutch city
  • Farefare: Haɣa — Dutch city
  • Faroese: Haag — Dutch city
  • Finnish: Haag — Dutch city
  • French: La Haye — Dutch city
  • West-Frisian: De Haach — Dutch city
  • Galician: A Haia — Dutch city
  • Georgian: ჰააგა (haaga) — Dutch city
  • German: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Greek: Χάγη (Chági) — Dutch city
  • Ancient Greek: Ἇγα (Hâga) — Dutch city
  • Haitian Creole: Layè — Dutch city
  • Hebrew: האג (hag) — Dutch city
  • Hindi: हेग (heg) — Dutch city
  • Hungarian: Hága — Dutch city
  • Icelandic: Haag — Dutch city
  • Indonesian: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Irish: an Háig — Dutch city
  • Italian: L'Aia — Dutch city
  • Japanese: ハーグ (Hāgu) — Dutch city
  • Japanese: デン・ハーグ (Den-Hāgu) — Dutch city
  • Kazakh: Гаага (Gaaga) — Dutch city
  • Khmer: ទីក្រុងហេគ (tii krong-heek) — Dutch city
  • Khmer: ក្រុងហេគ (krong-heek) — Dutch city
  • Khmer: ហេគ (heek) — Dutch city
  • Korean: 헤이그 (Heigeu) — Dutch city
  • Kyrgyz: Гаага (Gaaga) — Dutch city
  • Latin: Haga — Dutch city
  • Latvian: Hāga — Dutch city
  • Limburgish: D'n Haog — Dutch city
  • Lithuanian: Haga — Dutch city
  • Low German: N Heeg — Dutch city
  • Macedonian: Хаг (Hag) — Dutch city
  • Malay: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Maltese: Il-Hague — Dutch city
  • Mongolian: Гааг (Gaag) — Dutch city
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Haag — Dutch city
  • Occitan: L'Aia — Dutch city
  • Pashto: دِن هاخ (din hax) — Dutch city
  • Iranian Persian: لاهِه (lâhe) — Dutch city
  • Polish: Haga — Dutch city
  • Portuguese: Haia — Dutch city
  • Romanian: Haga — Dutch city
  • Russian: Гаа́га (Gaága) — Dutch city
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ха̑г — Dutch city
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hȃg — Dutch city
  • Sicilian: L'Aia — Dutch city
  • Slovak: Haag — Dutch city
  • Slovene: Haag — Dutch city
  • Somali: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Spanish: La Haya — Dutch city
  • Sranan Tongo: Aga — Dutch city
  • Swahili: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Swedish: Haag — Dutch city
  • Tajik: Гаага (Gaaga) — Dutch city
  • Tamil: டென் ஹாக் (ṭeṉ hāk) — Dutch city
  • Tatar: Гаага (Ğaağa) — Dutch city
  • Tatar: Һаага (Haağa) — Dutch city
  • Tatar: Һааг (Haağ) — Dutch city
  • Thai: กรุงเฮก (grung héek) — Dutch city
  • Thai: เฮก (héek) — Dutch city
  • Thai: เดอะเฮก — Dutch city
  • Turkish: Lahey — Dutch city
  • Turkmen: Gaaga — Dutch city
  • Ukrainian: Гаа́га (Haáha) — Dutch city
  • Ukrainian: Гаа́ґа (Haága) — Dutch city
  • Urdu: ہیگ (heg) — Dutch city
  • Uyghur: لاھەي (lahey) — Dutch city
  • Uzbek: Gaaga — Dutch city
  • Vietnamese: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Vietnamese: La Hay — Dutch city
  • Volapük: 's-Gravenhage — Dutch city
  • Welsh: Den Haag — Dutch city
  • Welsh: Yr Hâg — Dutch city
  • Yiddish: דען האַג (den hag) — Dutch city