Dutch

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Dutch

of the Netherlands or its people, language, or culture
of the Pennsylvania Dutch or their language or culture

Origin of Dutch

Middle English Duch from Middle Dutch Duutsch, Dutch, German, akin to German Deutsch: see Deutschland

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

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Dutch

adjective

a. Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.
b. Of or relating to the Dutch language.
Archaic
a. German.
b. Of or relating to any of the Germanic peoples or languages.
Of or relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch.

noun

used with a pl. verb
a. The people of the Netherlands.
b. Archaic A Germanic people.
c. The Pennsylvania Dutch.
a. The official West Germanic language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium.
b. Archaic One or more of the West Germanic languages of Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries.
c. See Pennsylvania Dutch.
Slang Anger or temper.

Origin of Dutch

Middle English Duch German, Dutch from Middle Dutch Dūtsch ; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.

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APA Style

Dutch. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21st, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Dutch

Noun

(plural dutches)

(slang) wife

Origin

Short for duchess

Adjective

(not comparable)

(archaic) Pertaining to the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Germanic, Teutonic.
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
In a shared manner; of a shared expense. (See Dutch treat; compare go Dutch.)

Proper noun

The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium).
(collective) The people of the Netherlands.
the Dutch will vote on the matter next month

Related terms

Dutchie, Dutchy
Dutch elm disease
Dutch gold
Dutch hand
Dutch hoe
Dutchland
Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch metal
Dutch oven
Dutch pink
Dutch reckoning
Dutch tilt
Dutch treat
Dutch uncle
go Dutch
in Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch
Deutsch
Teuton

Noun

(obsolete) A German.

Origin

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.

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.

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