Dutch

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Alternative forms

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  • Du.(“abbreviation”)

Etymology

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PIE word
*tewtéh₂

DerivedfromMiddle EnglishDuch(“German, Low German, Dutch”),fromMiddle Low Germandütsch,düdesch(“German, Low German, Dutch”)andMiddle Dutchdūtsch,duutsc(“German, Low German, Dutch”),fromProto-West Germanic*þiudisk,fromProto-Germanic*þiudiskaz(“of one’s people”),derived from*þeudō(“people”),fromProto-Indo-European*tewtéh₂.DoubletofDeutschandDoitsu.

CompareMiddle Englishthedisch(“native, endemic”)fromOld Englishþēodisċ(“of one’s people”),Old Saxonthiudisk(German Low Germandüütsch(“German”)),Old High Germandiutisc(modernGermandeutsch(“German”)), modernDutchDuits(“German”)alongside elevatedDiets(“Dutch”)(a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See alsoDerrick,Teuton,Teutonic.

The pejorative senses (Dutch courage,Dutch wife,Dutch uncle,etc.) are said to stem from theAnglo-Dutch Warsand the accompanying rivalry.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Dutch(comparativemoreDutchorDutcher,superlativemostDutchorDutchest)

  1. Of or pertaining to theNetherlands,the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
  2. (archaic,fossil word)Pertaining toGermanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly theGermans(especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch;Teutonic;Germanic.
  3. (obsolete,fossil word,derogatory)Substitute,inferior,ersatz.
  4. (dated)Thrifty.
  5. (South Africa,derogatory,ethnicslur)Pertaining toAfrikanerculture (Cape Dutch).

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Proper noun

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  2. The mainlanguageof theNetherlands,Flanders(i.e., the northern half ofBelgium) and Suriname;Netherlandic.
    • 2003,Anthony F. Buccini,"Ab errore liberato". The Northern Expansion of Frankish Power in the Merovingian Period and the Genesis of the Dutch Language,in:Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik: Band 57 — 2003: Quod vulgo dicitur: Studien zum Altniederländischen,volume edited by Willy Pijnenburg, Arend Quak, Tanneke Schoonheim, here p. 183:
      According to this view, Dutch is a descendant of Old (West) Low Franconian and [...]
  3. (archaic)German;the mainlanguageof theHoly Roman Empire(Germany,Austria,Alsace,Luxembourg).
  4. A malegiven name,more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name

Synonyms

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(language of Netherlands and Flanders):

Holonyms

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(language of Netherlands and Flanders):

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Descendants

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  • →Hindi:डच(ḍac)

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Noun

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Dutchpl(plural only)

  1. (collective)The people of theNetherlands,or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
    TheDutchwill vote on the matter next month.
    In upstate New York, theDutchcontinued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.
  2. (collective,South Africa,derogatory,offensive,ethnicslur)Afrikanerpeople (Cape Dutch).
  3. (collective)ThePennsylvania Dutchpeople.

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Verb

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Dutch(third-person singular simple presentDutches,present participleDutching,simple past and past participleDutched)

  1. To treatcocoabeansorpowderwith analkalisolution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.
    • 2015,Deb Wise,Incredibly Decadent Desserts: 100 Divine Treats Under 300 Calories:
      Dutch processed is made from cocoa beans that have been treated with an alkalized solution. You'll get a deeper color and a great chocolaty flavor, but more importantly, the process ofDutchingthe chocolate renders the powder neutral.

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