Dutch definition

dŭch
Of the Netherlands or its people, language, or culture.
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Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.
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Of the Pennsylvania Dutch or their language or culture.
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The West Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands.
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Of or relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch.
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Of or relating to the Dutch language.
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German.
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Of or relating to any of the Germanic peoples or languages.
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(slang) Anger or temper.
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The people of the Netherlands.
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(archaic) A Germanic people.
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The Pennsylvania Dutch.
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The official West Germanic language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium.
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(archaic) One or more of the West Germanic languages of Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries.
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(slang) Wife.
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(archaic) Pertaining to the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Germanic, Teutonic.
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Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
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In a shared manner; of a shared expense. (See Dutch treat; compare go Dutch.)
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The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium).
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(collective) The people of the Netherlands.

The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.

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(obsolete) A German.
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go Dutch
  • To pay one's own expenses on a date or outing.
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in Dutch
  • In disfavor or trouble.
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go Dutch
  • to have every participant pay his or her own expenses
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in Dutch
  • in trouble or disfavor
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the Dutch
  • the people of the Netherlands
  • the Pennsylvania Dutch
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
dutch
Plural:
dutches

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

the Dutch

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

Dutch Sentence Examples

  • On the breaking out of the Dutch War in 1664 he was made treasurer of the prizes, being accountable to the king alone for all sums received or spent.

  • It is a quiet, typically Dutch town, with its old brick houses and tree-bordered canals.

  • In the youthful Dutch universities the effect of the essays was greater.

  • Keene was once called The Elm City before Dutch elm disease destroyed the massive trees that surrounded the grassy area at the head of the square.

  • In 1815 he commanded the Dutch and Belgian contingents, and won high commendations for his courage and conduct at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, at the latter of which he was wounded.

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