Dutch definition
The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.
- To pay one's own expenses on a date or outing.
- In disfavor or trouble.
- to have every participant pay his or her own expenses
- in trouble or disfavor
- the people of the Netherlands
- the Pennsylvania Dutch
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of dutch
- Middle English Duch German, Dutch from Middle Dutch Dūtsch teutā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English Duch (“German, Low Countryman”), from Middle Dutch dūtsch, duutsc (modern Duits (“German”)), northern variant of dietsc (compare modern Diets (“Dutch language”)), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (compare German Deutsch (“German”), Old English þēodisc (“of the people”)), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō ‘people’, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic.
From Wiktionary
- Middle Dutch duutsc is the result of i-mutation (umlaut) typical of central dialects (Brabantine) while dietsc shows the merger of iu with io and weakening to [iə] typical of coastal dialects (Flemish). This led to doublets which split in meaning during the Renaissance.
From Wiktionary
- Short for duchess
From Wiktionary