Not necessarily, because "van" is much more common in Dutch names than "von" is in German names. (One reason for this is that "von" used to be restricted to German nobility, while there was no such restriction for "van", and as a result "von" is still relatively rare in German names.)

Additionally, "van" and "von" are possessive pronouns in Dutch and German respectively, which might explain why they are used (e.g. "iPod van Mike" means "Mike's iPod" — the owner may still be Dutch but "van" is not part of his name). Again I think this is relatively less common in German, where the genitive case could be used instead.

Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I walked away after posting that and didn't get back to hacker news.

I used the java IBM word cloud generator:

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/IBM-Word-Cloud-Generat...

I couldn't find the exact project page. I used this as there were too many words to upload to wordle.

How does that hellban thing work? I wasn't notified, and that's a pity because I think I have made some valuable comments, and now I realize no one was able to read them? And probably will never try to contribute again since it's a waste of time and is not appreciated.