Dutch
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: PIE word
 *tewtéh₂
Derived 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.
Inflected forms:
form: more Dutch
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: Dutcher
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Dutch
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Dutchest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Du.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Du.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Dutches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: Dutching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: Dutched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: Dutched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: Du.
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
pos: adj
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
gloss: Substitute, inferior, ersatz.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
derogatory
obsolete
gloss: Thrifty.
pos: adj
tags: dated
gloss: Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch).
pos: adj
tags: South-Africa
derogatory
ethnic
slur
gloss: The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
pos: noun
tags: collective
plural
plural-only
examples: The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.
In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.
gloss: Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
collective
derogatory
ethnic
offensive
plural
plural-only
slur
gloss: The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
pos: noun
tags: collective
plural
plural-only
gloss: To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.
pos: verb
examples: Dutch processed is made from cocoa beans that have been treated with an alkalized solution. You'll get a deeper color and a great chocolaty flavor, but more importantly, the process of Dutching the chocolate renders the powder neutral.
Related words: Deutsch
Dutch-bottomed
Dutchie
Dutchman
Dutchy
Teuton
Derived words: Afro-Dutch
anti-Dutch
double Dutch
Dutch 200
Dutch act
Dutch angel dragon
Dutch angle
Dutch auction
Dutch backgammon
Dutch bargain
Dutch barn
Dutch Belt
Dutch Belted
Dutch billy
Dutch bob
Dutch braid
Dutch brass
Dutch Brazil
Dutch-built
Dutch-buttocked
Dutch cap
Dutch carpet
Dutch cheese
Dutch chocolate
Dutch cleanser
Dutch clover
Dutch Colonial
Dutch comfort
Dutch concert
Dutch corner
Dutch courage
Dutch crossing
Dutch date
Dutch disease
Dutch door
Dutch elm disease
Dutch feast
Dutch gable
Dutch garden
Dutch gold
Dutch Guianese
Dutch hand
Dutch hoe
Dutch iris
Dutch-Kentucky syndrome
Dutch liquid
Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch lunch
dutchman
Dutchman
Dutch metal
Dutch oven
Dutch pink
Dutch process
Dutch-processed
Dutch rabbit
Dutch reckoning
Dutch Reformed
Dutch Reformed Church
Dutch Republic
Dutch roll
Dutch rudder
Dutch sheepdog
Dutch tilt
Dutch touch
Dutch treat
Dutch uncle
Dutch widow
Dutch wife
Dutchwoman
Dutch woodbine
go Dutch
in Dutch
pro-Dutch
Roman-Dutch law
Cape Dutch
Netherdutch
Pennsylvania Dutch
Black Dutch
Dutchland
Fancy Dutch
Gay Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutchland
Plain Dutch
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