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Dutch language

Dutch language

3.0
A language spoken in the Netherlands, parts of Belgium, and Suriname
  • noun
  • /dʌtʃ ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
translation icon : idioma neerlandés
  • She decided to take a course to learn the Dutch language before her trip to Amsterdam.

Examples

  • For example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the government will take a tougher approach to immigrants who ignore Dutch values or disobey Dutch law.

    Blog text (13)
  • But they had many advantages for rapid assimilation—prior fluency in the Dutch language, familiarity with the culture, and widespread marriage into native Dutch families.

    Academic text (1996)
  • So the Dutch language is very similar to English, but it makes no sense.

  • We have a zencart site and use the Dutch language on all pages and products.

    Blog text (31)
  • If an adolescent completed the Dutch language version only, Dutch was recorded as the language of the questionnaire(s).

    Academic text (2007)
  • It was necessary to have the questionnaires in this form because many of the refugee adolescents had limited written knowledge of their own language and learned the Dutch language quickly, allowing them to use both languages in order to better comprehend the item.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The voiced velar plosive g, as used in the Traunmüller and Hrstöm study, does not exist in the Dutch language.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Many students in Belgium study the Dutch language to improve their job prospects.

  • The Dutch language is officially spoken in the Netherlands and has various dialects.

Synonyms

Dutch
vsDutch language
2.5

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

is the longer phrase form that is more explicit and formal

Surface Forms

Morphology

Dutch + language

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'Dutch' (the demonym/adjective indicating origin) combined with 'language' (a named system of speech), so it plainly denotes the language of the Dutch. This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the phrase.

Etymology

Dutch language gets its name from the old word 'Deutsch', which people used for German-speaking groups. Today Dutch language means the language of the Netherlands, so the old name now refers to that country's language.