Below is the Dutch paper mentioned by Francois Ziegler; This paper did indeed appear before the 1927 paper mentioned in the OP, but Van der Waerden does refer to that forthcoming publication in a footnote; I translate: > This theorem is a special case of the "Nulpuntenstelling" of > HILBERT$^{5})$ > > $^{5})$ Hilbert assumes that $\Omega$ is the field of complex numbers; > his proof actually holds more generally. For a different proof see my > forthcoming paper in the Mathematische Annalen entitled "Zur > Nullstellentheorie der Polynomideale". The Mathematische Annalen paper was submitted 14 August 1925, while the paper below was read at the Netherlands Academy on 28 November 1925, which explains why Van der Waerden could refer to former as a an earlier work. --- B.L. Van der Waerden, *Een algebraies kriterium voor de oplosbaarheid van een stelsel homogene vergelijkingen,* Verslag van de Gewone Vergadering van de Afdeling Natuurkunde van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen **34**, 1123-1130 (1925) <IMG SRC="https://ilorentz.org/beenakker/MO/vanderWaerden_1925.jpg"/> <A HREF="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d00006804l&view=1up&seq=637">[source]</A> -- only accessible online from a US IP number. --- In response to a request in a <A HREF="https://mathoverflow.net/questions/391718/first-use-of-term-hilberts-nullstellensatz#comment1000388_391718">comment</A>: Van der Waerden wrote again on this topic in 1927, *Neue Begründung der Eliminations– und Resultantentheorie*, Nieuw Archief Wiskunde **15**, 302–320 (1927) <A HREF="https://www.delpher.nl/nl/tijdschriften/view?coll=dts&page=1&maxperpage=50&identifier=MMKWG01:022157001:00325&sortfield=date&cql%5B%5D=%28alternative+all+%22Nieuw+archief+voor+wiskunde%22%29">[source]</A> <IMG SRC="https://i.sstatic.net/i09Hn.png" WIDTH="400"/>