Dutch
Dutch definition
Dutch (duc̸h)
adjective
- of the Netherlands or its people, language, or culture
- ☆ of the Pennsylvania Dutch or their language or culture
Etymology: ME Duch < MDu Duutsch, Dutch, German, akin to Ger Deutsch: see Deutschland
noun
the West Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands
Dutch Idioms
go Dutch
☆Informal to have every participant pay his or her own expenses
in Dutch
☆Informal in trouble or disfavor
the Dutch
- the people of the Netherlands
- ☆ the Pennsylvania Dutch
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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