This derives from the old Dutch ''des ochtends'', ''des middags'' and ''des avonds'', in which ''des'' is an inflected article, meaning "of the morning/afternoon/evening". Some Southern dialects use the terms "vandemorgend, vandemiddag, and vandenavond literally translating the more archaic forms of "des" with "vande(n)".[http://www.translationdirectory.com/article658.htm]
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This derives from the old Dutch ''des ochtends'', ''des middags'' and ''des avonds'', in which ''des'' is an inflected article, meaning "of the morning/afternoon/evening". Some Southern dialects use the terms ''vandemorgend'', ''vandemiddag'', and ''vandenavond'' literally translating the more archaic forms of "des" with "vande(n)".[http://www.translationdirectory.com/article658.htm]
==Status in Belgium==
==Status in Belgium==
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Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French and German. Only in the five northern provinces, collectively known as the "Flemish Region" (''Vlaams Gewest''), is Dutch the official language where it is also unofficially called ''Vlaams'' meaning Flemish.
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Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French and German. Only in the five northern provinces, collectively known as the "Flemish Region" (''Vlaams Gewest''), is Dutch the official language where it is also unofficially labelled as ''Vlaams'' meaning Flemish.