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Dutch

Dutch

1.4
People who come from the Netherlands
  • noun
  • /dʌtʃ/
translation icon : neerlandés
  • The Dutch have a rich cultural heritage that includes famous artists like Rembrandt.

The Brits, OK, the Germans, the Dutch, everybody sees that.

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Examples

  • You say Australians are, Britons are, as are the Swedes, the Dutch, the Irish and the Slovenians.

  • The Brits, OK, the Germans, the Dutch, everybody sees that.

  • And you know, no, you know, nobody speaks Dutch except the Dutch.

  • People still think of themselves as French, German, Italian, Dutch and Spanish, not European.

  • This of course was a huge threat to both the Dutch trade and the Dutch neutrality.

  • OK, they're Dutch, as in from the Netherlands.

  • My dad's of Dutch heritage and he only speaks English.

  • They were the Dutch East India Company's colonial subjects.

  • Many Dutch people celebrate King's Day with parades and parties.

  • As a child, she learned about the Dutch explorers who influenced trade routes.

Synonyms

Dutch people
vsDutch
3 2.1

People from the Netherlands who share the same language and culture

refers to inhabitants collectively rather than stressing language or culture
Netherlandish
vsDutch
1 7.1

A person from the Netherlands

refers to the people as a whole rather than a single person
Netherlander
vsDutch
6.1

A person from the Netherlands

refers to the population as a whole rather than a single native

Idioms

in Dutch
  • Archaic
1 9.9

In trouble with someone in charge

double Dutch
  • Archaic
9.6

Speech or writing that is hard to understand and sounds like nonsense

all double Dutch
  • Informal
9.9

Language you cannot understand at all

Compounds

7 4.1

A heavy pot with a tight lid used for slow cooking

3 6.9

A game where two ropes turn and players jump between them

3 2.1

People from the Netherlands who share the same language and culture

Dutch courage
  • Informal
1 8.4

Temporary confidence people feel after drinking alcohol

A form of German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland, often by Amish families

Dutch auction
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A way of selling where the price goes down until a buyer accepts

1 5.6

A door split across the middle so the top or bottom half opens separately

Dutch elm disease
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A sickness of elm trees caused by a fungus that makes leaves wilt and trees die

Dutch oven
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A prank in which someone traps a person under covers and passes gas

1 5.9

An occasion when each person pays for their own meal or drink

Dutch uncle
  • Informal
1 8.8

A person who gives honest, firm advice to help you

Black Dutch
  • Archaic
9.9

An old American term for people with mixed African, Native American, and European family background

A way of speaking English that sounds like people from the Netherlands

A tropical bean plant with red flowers that grows black beans with white spots you can eat

A low plant with three small leaves and white flowers that spreads across the ground

Dutch elm fungus
  • Specialized
6.5

A fungus that causes a disease that kills elm trees

7.0

A tree from two kinds of elm grown for shade in parks and gardens

Dutch-processed cocoa
  • Specialized
3.9

Cocoa powder treated with a chemical to reduce acidity, give a milder taste, and make it darker

Former money used in the Netherlands worth 100 cents, replaced by the euro in 2002

Dutch Guiana
  • Literature
7.6

Former name for the country now called Suriname in northeastern South America when it was controlled by the Netherlands

7.5

A garden tool with a flat blade you push to cut weeds just below the soil

A spring flower with blue or purple petals people grow in gardens and use in bouquets

A language spoken in the Netherlands, parts of Belgium, and Suriname

Money used in the Netherlands before the euro

Dutch-elm beetle
  • Specialized
8.6

An insect that spreads a fungus that kills elm trees

Surface Forms

Dutch singular
Dutch plural

Etymology

Dutch comes from an old German word theudisk meaning 'of the people', the same root as German Deutsch. So Dutch means the people who are from the Netherlands.