dutch

CEFRB1

/dʌt͡ʃ/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Relating to the Netherlands, its people, or language.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic.

Examples

  • Potatoes were introduced by the Dutch from Jakarta.

  • The painting is the work of a Dutch master.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Substitute, inferior, ersatz.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dutch (“treat cocoa with alkali”).

More examples

In context

  • The tourist bought a beautiful pair of traditional dutch shoes.

  • In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.

  • The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.

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Origin

adjective

PIE word *tewtéh₂ Derived from Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distin...