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"

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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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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?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Dutch in sign language?

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. Quentin Peel:

   I think that very well-grounded, middle-of-the-road, solid Dutch citizens have been a bit concerned about what has been happening in Washington, the trouble is [the results] are very difficult to predict. You've got no less than 28 parties running in this campaign, and you're probably going to ... end up with a very complicated coalition and Mr. Wilders is not going to be part of it.

2. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan:

   The Netherlands' characterization that the local medicine that is made in the hospitals is the same as what we've done from a regulatory, full-development standpoint, particularly given (the Dutch) will house the European Medicines Agency, I think is troubling.

3. Executive Chairman Richard Baker:

   There is a great affinity for Canadians here in the Netherlands. When we did our research we found that the Dutch people had a great affinity for Canadians and for the Hudson's Bay Company.

4. Mohsen Qamsari:

   One of the methods to ensure the country's oil sale is buying refineries in other countries but this has to be approved by the administration and the parliament, this is a method that countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, the U.S., China and leading oil giants like Royal Dutch Shell and BP have adopted and we should not stay behind them in this field.

5. Umer Raffat:

   Theoretically, a Teva/Allergan generics business combo offers Teva the opportunity to get what it was looking for without having to go through Dutch courts.

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