DUTCH - 11 definitions found
Dutch adj 1: of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture; "Dutch painting"; "Dutch painters" n 1: the people of the Netherlands; "the Dutch are famous for their tulips" [syn: Dutch, Dutch people] 2: the West Germanic language of the Netherlands Dutch dʌtʃ See: BEAT ALL or BEAT THE DUTCH, GO DUTCH, IN DUTCH. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) Dutch I. adjective Etymology: Middle English Duch, from Middle Dutch duutsch; akin to Old High German diutisc German, Old English thēod nation, Gothic thiudisko as a gentile, thiuda people, Oscan touto city Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic of, relating to, or in any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b. of, relating to, or in the Dutch of the Netherlands 2. a. archaic of or relating to the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b. of or relating to the Netherlands or its inhabitants c. german II 3. of or relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch or their language • Dutchly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic (1) any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries (2) german 3 b. the Germanic language of the Netherlands and Belgium 2. Dutch plural a. archaic the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b. germans 2a, b c. the people of the Netherlands 3. Pennsylvania Dutch 4. dander <her Dutch is up> 5. disfavor, trouble <in Dutch with the boss> Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) dutch adverb Usage: often capitalized Date: 1914 with each person paying his or her own way <went dutch to the movies> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary Dutch 1. Dutch means belonging or relating to the Netherlands, or to its people, language, or culture. ADJ 2. The Dutch are the people of the Netherlands. N-PLURAL: the N 3. Dutch is the language that is spoken by the people who live in the Netherlands. N-UNCOUNT Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Dutch \Dutch\, n. 1. pl. The people of Holland; Dutchmen. 2. The language spoken in Holland. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. Germans[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. (b) A social party at which the german is danced. High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. Low German, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also Low German}), spoken in many dialects. |
| |||||||||||
