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The entry element for a personal name consisting of several words is based on:
° agreed usage in the of which the author is a citizen
or, if that is not possible for whatever reason,
° agreed usage in the language the author generally uses.
The guidelines for determining entry element can be found in the 4th edition of Names of persons : national usages for entry in catalogues.
This resource is out of print (but available in PDF) and is under revision.
For a complete list of languages and their entry elements, see RDA Appendix F.
Entry element for Spanish and Portuguese surnames
| Language: | RDA: | Article/preposition: | Record as first element: | |
| Afrikaans | F. 11.1 | De, Du, Van der, Von | prefix | |
| Czech | F. 11.2 | z | part following prefix | |
| Danish | F.11.10 | is of Scandinavian, German, or Dutch origin: af, av | part following prefix | |
| is Dutch de or is of other origin | prefix | |||
| Dutch | F.11.3 | ver (when the surname is of Dutch origin) | prefix | |
| De, Den, op de, ter, Van, Van der, ten, Van 't | part following prefix | |||
| If the surname is not of Dutch origin: | ||||
| ° the name of a Netherlander | part following the prefix | |||
| ° the name of a Belgian | follow the instructions for the language of the name | |||
| English | F.11.4 | À D', De, De la, Du, Le, Van, Van der Von | prefix | |
| Flemish | F.11.3 | See Dutch | ||
| French | F.11.5 | prefix consisting of a contraction of article and preposition: La, Le, Du, Des | prefix | |
| prefix consisting of a preposition alone: D', De | part following preposition | |||
| German | F.11.6 | German names: prefix consists of an article or of a contraction of an article and a preposition: Am, Aus'm, Vom, Zum, Zur; Dutch names: De, Ten |
prefix | |
| other German and Dutch names: Von, Von der, Zu | part following prefix | |||
| the name is neither German nor Dutch | follow the instructions for the language | |||
| Italian | F.11.7 | Modern names: A, D', Da, De, Del, Della, Di, Li, Lo | prefix | |
| Medieval and early modern names: consult reference sources: When the preposition is sometimes omitted | part following the prefix | |||
| Do not treat the preposition in an Italian title of nobility used as the first element as a prefix | ||||
| Norwegian | F.11.10 | is of Scandinavian, German, or Dutch origin: af, av | part following prefix | |
| is Dutch de or is of other origin | prefix | |||
| Portuguese | F.11.8 | Da, Dos | part following prefix | |
| Romanian | F.11.9 | A | prefix | |
| De | part following prefix | |||
| Slovak | F.11.2 | z | part following prefix | |
| Spanish | F.11.11 | prefix consists of an article only: El, La, Las | prefix | |
| all other prefixes: De, De las, Del | part following prefix | |||
| Swedish | F.11.10 | is of Scandinavian, German, or Dutch origin: af, av | part following prefix | |
| is Dutch de or is of other origin | prefix | |||