DUTCH

Dutch

(adjective) of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture; “Dutch painting”; “Dutch painters”

Dutch

(noun) the West Germanic language of the Netherlands

Dutch, Dutch people

(noun) the people of the Netherlands; “the Dutch are famous for their tulips”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

Dutch (not comparable)

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

(archaic or regional, except in set terms) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Teutonic; Germanic. Especially refers to Germans, and specific use to established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA.

(obsolete outside certain fixed expressions, or in the sense of "thrifty", pejorative) Substitute, inferior, ersatz (as seen in expressions such as Dutch courage, Dutch treat, Dutch oven, and Dutch comfort), or thrifty, (See Dutch treat; compare go Dutch.)

(South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch)

Proper noun

Dutch

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

(archaic) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).

Noun

Dutch pl (plural only)

(collective) The people of the Netherlands.

(South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch)

(collective) The Pennsylvania Dutch people,

Hyponyms

• High-Dutch, High Dutch

• Low-Dutch, Low Dutch

• Pennsylvania Dutch

Verb

Dutch (third-person singular simple present Dutches, present participle Dutching, simple past and past participle Dutched)

To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.

Etymology 1

Noun

dutch (plural dutches)

(slang) wife

Etymology 2

Verb

dutch (third-person singular simple present dutches, present participle dutching, simple past and past participle dutched)

Alternative letter-case form of Dutch, treat cocoa with alkali

Source: Wiktionary

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Dutch, a. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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 (E. 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.

Note: 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, n.

1. pl.

Definition: The people of Holland; Dutchmen.

2. The language spoken in Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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