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Netherlandish

Netherlandish

1 7.3
About the Netherlands and its people, language, or art
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɛðərˌlændɪʃ/
translation icon : neerlandés
  • Early Netherlandish copies have received a good deal of attention in the past few decades.
  • early Netherlandish
  • Netherlandish painting
  • Netherlandish art

Examples

  • The Seven Virtues was immediately followed by three innovative, large-scale paintings entirely devoted to scenes of daily life: Netherlandish Proverbs, Carnival and Lent of 1559, and Children's Games, dated 1560.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The museum's exhibit featured stunning Netherlandish paintings that captured the beauty of Dutch landscapes.

  • The Narcissism of Early Netherlandish Panel Paintings

    Academic text (2006)
  • One fine spring day in 1998, many distinguished scholars of Early Netherlandish art from both Europe and the United States gathered at the Philadelphia Museum.

    Academic text (2002)
  • What has not been considered yet is Rubens's interest in early Netherlandish hunting imagery, which is well documented.

    Academic text (1996)
  • As a result of this work, the concept of originality has fallen into disrepute in the study of early Netherlandish paintings.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Arguments that posit a Byzantine prototype as the real presence behind an early Netherlandish image type are, I feel, misleading.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Tapestry exports to France, for instance, constituted around 16.1% of the total Netherlandish exports there.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Antwerp was the center of Netherlandish exportation; Leon Voet estimates that it handled 80% of the traffic.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Maryan Ainsworth has been particularly active in linking early Netherlandish compositions to Byzantine and pseudo-Byzantine prototypes.

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

Dutch
vsNetherlandish
155 2.0

From the Netherlands or about its people and culture

includes language and art as particular areas of emphasis
dutchy
vsNetherlandish
  • Informal
8.2

Like something from the Netherlands, for example food or traditions

is the formal or neutral term used more broadly

Surface Forms

Netherlandish positive

Morphology

Netherlandish = Netherland (transparent) = netherland + ish

The adjective is a straightforward formation from the place-name 'Netherland' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-ish', so the meaning 'relating to the Netherlands' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Netherlandish comes from the name Netherlands, which is made of Nether 'lower' and land 'land' because much of the country is low, and the ending -ish means 'of or relating to', like in English, so Netherlandish means 'relating to the Netherlands'.