Vondel

/ ˈvɔndəl /

noun

1. VondelJoost van den15871679MDutchWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Joost van den (ˈjoːst vɑn dən). 1587–1679, Dutch poet and dramatist, author of the Biblical plays Lucifer (1654), Adam in Exile (1664), and Noah (1667)

Example Sentences

Amsterdam’s central Vondel Park was packed with families buying, selling and playing games.

From Washington Times

That’s the entrance to the Vondel Bunker, a 1940s-era bomb shelter that now hosts rock concerts, bar nights, art exhibits and film screenings.

From Wall Street Journal

Mr. Andriessen follows Dante’s trajectory through hell, purgatory and, finally, paradise, but interjects texts by the 16th-century German theologian Sebastian Brant, the 17th-century Dutch dramatist Joost van den Vondel and the “Song of Songs.”

From New York Times

There he entertained the poet Vondel, the scholar Barlaeus,1 Constantin Huygens, Vossius, Laurens Reael and others.

From Project Gutenberg

After Vondel, he may on the whole be considered the most considerable author that Holland has produced.

From Project Gutenberg