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Dutch accent

Dutch accent

6.5
A way of speaking English that sounds like people from the Netherlands
  • noun
translation icon : acento neerlandés
  • Yes, I have a Dutch accent.

I believe you're from Cuba and you, I think you have a Dutch accent.

Examples

  • He turned his head, speaking with a Dutch accent bad enough to get him hanged in Amsterdam.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • "Maid service," said a woman with a heavy Dutch accent.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • "Not myself," he said, his Dutch accent slowing his words.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I wouldn't know how a dutch accent sounds.

    A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)

  • "Maid service," said a woman with a heavy Dutch accent.

  • Haley knelt in the surf to rinse her cuts when she heard a voice with a Dutch accent.

  • He speaks in a pronounced Dutch accent that reflects his native heritage.

Synonyms

accent
vsDutch accent
431 3.2

A way of pronouncing words that shows where a person is from

refers to pronunciation patterns of speakers from the Netherlands rather than general national styles

Surface Forms

Dutch accent singular
Dutch accents plural

Morphology

Dutch + accent

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Dutch' (pertaining to the Netherlands) with 'accent' (a regional or social pronunciation). This adjective+noun composition is a standard, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer it refers to the typical way Dutch people pronounce English.

Etymology

Dutch accent comes from the sounds of Dutch being used when someone speaks English, like a hard 'g' or different vowel sounds. The word accent simply means a 'way of speaking'. So Dutch accent means the typical English 'way of speaking' of people from the Netherlands.