What is "'s-hertogenbosch"

's-Hertogenbosch (, literally "The Duke's Forest" in English, and historically in French: Bois-le-Duc) is a city and municipality in the southern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant.

In speech, the Dutch seldom use the formal 's-Hertogenbosch but rather the colloquial Den Bosch . Den Bosch means "The Forest".