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Surname - Swart & Groenewald

by davida (guest)

7/28/2008, 11:38 PM

Where does the surname Swart and Groenewald come from? Is it Dutch?

- Anneza

7/29/2008, 2:24 AM

Dutch and, now, Afrikaans. Swart = Black. Groenewald = Green forest.

- Summer

7/29/2008, 10:36 AM

Yes, Anneza is right, they are Dutch. Swart is in commonly written as 'zwart' (black), this name is a different spelling of that.

'Groen(e)' is green and 'wald' is dialect of 'woud' (forest).

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