Definitions for Dutch
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Dutch, Dutch people(noun)

   the people of the Netherlands

   "the Dutch are famous for their tulips"

2. Dutch(adj)

   the West Germanic language of the Netherlands

3. Dutch(adj)

   of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

   "Dutch painting"; "Dutch painters"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dutch(Adjective)

   German.

   Etymology: Short for duchess

2. Dutch(Adjective)

   Pertaining to the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Germanic, Teutonic.

   Etymology: Short for duchess

3. Dutch(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

   Etymology: Short for duchess

4. Dutch(Adjective)

   In a shared manner; of a shared expense.

   Etymology: Short for duchess

5. Dutch(ProperNoun)

   The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium).

   Etymology: Short for duchess

6. Dutch(ProperNoun)

   The people from the Netherlands.

   Etymology: Short for duchess

7. Dutch(ProperNoun)

   The main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg)

   Etymology: Short for duchess

8. Dutch(ProperNoun)

   A German.

   Etymology: Short for duchess

9. dutch(Noun)

   wife

   Etymology: Short for duchess

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dutch(adj)

   pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants

   Etymology: [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. ped, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]

2. Dutch(noun)

   the people of Holland; Dutchmen

   Etymology: [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. ped, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]

3. Dutch(noun)

   the language spoken in Holland

   Etymology: [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. ped, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]

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1. Dutch

   Dutch is a 1991 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Faiman and written by John Hughes. The original music score was composed by Alan Silvestri. The film stars Ethan Embry, Ed O'Neill and JoBeth Williams with a cameo appearance by golfer great Arnold Palmer. O' Neill and Embry would work together again over a decade later in the 2003 version of the series Dragnet. Ari Meyers and E.G. Daily co-starred.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dutch

   duch, adj. belonging to Holland or its people—in old writers rather applied to the Germans: heavy, clumsy, as in Dutch-built, -buttocked, &c.—n. Dutch′man, a native of Holland.—Dutch auction, courage, tiles (see Auction, Courage, Tile); Dutch carpet, a mixed material of cotton and wool for floor coverings; Dutch cheese, a small round cheese made on the Continent from skim-milk; Dutch clinkers, a hard brick for paving stables, &c.; Dutch clover, white clover; Dutch concert, a concert in which singers sing their various songs simultaneously, or each one sings a verse of any song he likes between bursts of some familiar chorus; Dutch drops, a balsam, or popular nostrum, of oil of turpentine, tincture of guaiacum, &c.; Dutch liquid, an oily substance obtained by mixing chlorine and olefiant gases—not miscible with water, readily dissolving in ether and alcohol, producing anæsthesia; Dutch metal, sometimes called Dutch gold or Dutch leaf, is an alloy of copper and zinc; Dutch oven (see Oven); Dutch pink (see Pink); Dutch rush, the scouring-rush; Dutch wife, an open frame of rattan or cane used in the Dutch Indies, to rest the limbs upon in bed.—Talk like a Dutch uncle, to rebuke with kindness. [Ger. deutsch, (lit.) belonging to the people—Old High Ger. diutisk, of which -isk = the Eng. suffix -ish, and diut = A.S. theod, Goth. thiuda, a nation. See Teutonic.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dutch

   Language, or rather gibberish, which cannot be understood by a listener. (See DOUBLE DUTCH.)

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1. dutch

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2. dutch

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Dutch' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4024

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Dutch' in Adjectives Frequency: #541

How to pronounce Dutch?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dutch in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dutch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Dutch in a Sentence

1. Albert Einstein:

   As long as Nazi violence was unleashed only, or mainly, against the Jews, the rest of the world looked on passively and even treaties and agreements were made with the patently criminal government of the Third Reich.... The doors of Palestine were closed to Jewish immigrants, and no country could be found that would admit those forsaken people. They were left to perish like their brothers and sisters in the occupied countries. We shall never forget the heroic efforts of the small countries, of the Scandinavian, the Dutch, the Swiss nations, and of individuals in the occupied part of Europe who did all in their power to protect Jewish lives.

2. Hans Gruenfeld:

   The Dutch are trying to get companies to suddenly move faster than elsewhere in Europe. There's a large chance that will only shift production abroad, without reducing CO2 emissions on an international scale.

3. Mishka Henner:

   It could have been the Friday of the month when the parents (at the Dutch Defense Ministry) were allowed to bring their kids to work.

4. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   I am horrified by the idea that the Dutch are being taken hostage in a political game.

5. Matteo Salvini:

   If someone is used to considering Italy a dumping site for all the problems Europe pretends not to see, that's over. And this applies to the French and the Dutch.

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