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Dutch

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Dutch  (dch)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.
b. Of or relating to the Dutch language.
2. Archaic
a. German.
b. Of or relating to any of the Germanic peoples or languages.
3. Of or relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch.
n.
1. (used with a pl. verb)
a. The people of the Netherlands.
b. Archaic A Germanic people.
c. The Pennsylvania Dutch.
2.
a. The official West Germanic language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium.
b. Archaic One or more of the West Germanic languages of Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries.
3. Slang Anger or temper.
Idioms:
go Dutch
To pay one's own expenses on a date or outing.
in Dutch
In disfavor or trouble.

[Middle English Duch, German, Dutch, from Middle Dutch Dtsch; see teut- in Indo-European roots.]

Dutch
Adjective
of the Netherlands
Noun
the language of the Netherlands
Noun, pl
the Dutch the people of the Netherlands
Adverb
go Dutch Informal to go on an outing where each person pays his or her own expenses
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.DutchDutch - the people of the Netherlands; "the Dutch are famous for their tulips"
nation, country, land - the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
Frisian - a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
2.Dutch - the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
West Germanic, West Germanic language - a branch of the Germanic languages
Flemish dialect, Flemish - one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
Afrikaans, South African Dutch, Taal - an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
Adj.1.Dutch - of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture; "Dutch painting"; "Dutch painters"
Translations
Spanish Dutch [dʌtʃ] adjholandés/esa
n (LING) → holandés m
adv to go Dutch → pagar a escote;
the Dutch npllos holandeses

French Dutch [dʌtʃ] adjhollandais(e)néerlandais(e)
n (Ling) → hollandais m, néerlandais m
adv to go Dutch or dutch (inf) → partager les frais;
the Dutch nplles Hollandais, les Néerlandais

German Dutch [dʌtʃ] adjholländisch, niederländisch
adv to go Dutch (inf) → getrennte Kasse machen;
the Dutch npldie Holländer pl, die Niederländer pl

Italian Dutch [dʌtʃ] adjolandese
n (LING) → olandese m
adv to go Dutch or dutch → fare alla romana;
the Dutch → gli Olandesi

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When we came near that coast, and began to rejoice at the prospect of ease and refreshment, we were on the sudden alarmed with the sight of a squadron of ships, of what nation we could not at first distinguish, but soon discovered that they were three English and three Dutch, and were preparing to attack us.
Cornelius de Witt, Ruart de Pulten, that is to say, warden of the dikes, ex-burgomaster of Dort, his native town, and member of the Assembly of the States of Holland, was forty-nine years of age, when the Dutch people, tired of the Republic such as John de Witt, the Grand Pensionary of Holland, understood it, at once conceived a most violent affection for the Stadtholderate, which had been abolished for ever in Holland by the "Perpetual Edict" forced by John de Witt upon the United Provinces.
In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St.
 
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