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Webster 1913 Edition

Dutch

Dutch

,
Adj.
[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.
peód
, 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
.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
Dutch auction
.
See under
Auction
.
–
Dutch cheese
,
a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk.
–
Dutch clinker
,
a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
–
Dutch clover
(Bot.)
,
common white clover (
Trifolium repens
), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland.
–
Dutch concert
,
a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs.
[Slang]
–
Dutch courage
,
the courage of partial intoxication.
[Slang]
Marryat.
–
Dutch door
,
a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open.
–
Dutch foil
,
Dutch leaf
, or
Dutch gold
,
a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; – called also
Dutch mineral
,
Dutch metal
,
brass foil
, and
bronze leaf
.
–
Dutch liquid
(Chem.)
,
a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2
, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; – called also
Dutch oil
. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See
Ethylene
, and
Olefiant
.
–
Dutch oven
,
a tin screen for baking before an open fire or kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
–
Dutch pink
,
chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc.
Weale.
–
Dutch rush
(Bot.)
,
a species of horsetail rush or
Equisetum
(
Equisetum hyemale
) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; – called also
scouring rush
, and
shave grass
. See
Equisetum
.
–
Dutch tile
,
a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.
☞ Dutch was formerly used for German.
Germany is slandered to have sent none to this war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that other pilgrims, passing through that country, were mocked by the
Dutch
, and called fools for their pains.
Fuller.

Dutch

,
Noun.
1.
pl.
The people of Holland; Dutchmen.
2.
The language spoken in Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dutch

DUTCH

,
Noun.
The people of Holland; also, their language.

DUTCH

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.

Definition 2024

Dutch

Dutch

See also: dutch

English

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation): Du.

Adjective

Dutch ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
  2. (archaic) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Teutonic; Germanic.
  3. (obsolete, except in set terms) German.
  4. (obsolete outside certain fixed expressions, now offensive) Substitute, inferior, ersatz (as seen in expressions such as Dutch courage, Dutch treat, Dutch oven, and Dutch comfort).
  5. In a shared manner; of a shared expense. (See Dutch treat; compare go Dutch.)
Usage notes

Dutch should not be used in diplomatic circles (i. e. to describe embassies, ambassadors, consulates and consuls of the Netherlands). The correct term is Netherlands.

Translations

Proper noun

Dutch

  1. The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium).
  2. (obsolete) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).
  3. (collective) The people of the Netherlands.
    the Dutch will vote on the matter next month

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See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Dutch terms
  • Appendix:Dutch Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Dutch

dutch

dutch

See also: Dutch

English

Noun

dutch ‎(plural dutches)

  1. (slang) wife

Etymology

From Middle English Duch ‎(“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch ‎(“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, duutsc ‎(“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz ‎(“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō ‎(“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Compare Old English þēodisc ‎(“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch ‎(“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch ‎(“German”)), modern Dutch Duits ‎(“German”) alongside elevated Diets ‎(“Dutch”) (a secondary dinstinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dŭch, IPA(key): /dʌtʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌtʃ

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