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Dutch

UK/dʌt͡ʃ/ US/dʊt͡ʃ/ common slang
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

  • “Dutch painting”
  • “Dutch painters”

noun

1.

the people of the Netherlands

  • “the Dutch are famous for their tulips”
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Origin

PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“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 distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”). The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.

Phrases

  • Black Dutch
  • Cape Dutch
  • double Dutch
  • Dutch 200
  • Dutch act
  • Dutch angel dragon
  • Dutch angle
  • Dutch auction
  • Dutch backgammon
  • Dutch bargain
  • Fancy Dutch
  • Gay Dutch

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