English
dutch
see also: Dutch
Pronunciation Noun

dutch (plural dutches)

  1. (slang) wife
Etymology 2

See Dutch.

Verb

dutch (dutches, present participle dutching; simple past and past participle dutched)

Dutch
Etymology

Compare Middle English thedisch from Old English þēodisċ, osx thiudisk (nds-de düütsch), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch), modern Dutch Duits alongside elevated Diets ("Dutch") (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century).

The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.

Pronunciation Adjective

dutch (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
  2. (archaic, fossil word) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic.
  3. (obsolete, fossil word, pejorative) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.
  4. (dated) Thrifty.
  5. (South Africa, derogatory, ethnic slur) Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch).
Translations Proper noun
  1. The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.
    • 2003, Anthony F. Buccini, "Ab errore liberato". The Northern Expansion of Frankish Power in the Merovingian Period and the Genesis of the Dutch Language, in: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik: Band 57 — 2003: Quod vulgo dicitur: Studien zum Altniederländischen, volume edited by Willy Pijnenburg, Arend Quak, Tanneke Schoonheim, here p. 183:
      According to this view, Dutch is a descendant of Old (West) Low Franconian and [...]
  2. (archaic) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).
  3. A male given name, more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name
Synonyms Translations Noun

dutch (plural p)

  1. (collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
    The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.
    In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.
  2. (collective, South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
  3. (collective) The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
Translations Verb

dutch (dutches, present participle dutching; simple past and past participle dutched)

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


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