dutch
IPA: dˈʌtʃ
Root Word: Dutch
noun
- The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.
- (archaic) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).
- A male given name, more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name
- (collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
- (collective, South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
- (collective) The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
- (slang) wife
verb
- To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.
- Alternative letter-case form of Dutch (“treat cocoa with alkali”) [To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.]
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
- (archaic, fossil word) 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.
- (obsolete, fossil word, derogatory) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.
- (dated) Thrifty.
- (South Africa, derogatory, ethnic slur) Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch).
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Examples of "dutch" in Sentences
- Declension fell out of use in Dutch.
- Dutch is the language of the Netherlands.
- The number of Dutch speakers is miniscule.
- As the first Statesman of the Dutch Republic.
- The result was a crushing defeat of the Dutch.
- The Dutch have an aversion to the nonessential.
- Balk is a town in the Dutch province of Friesland.
- The Dutch continued the practice of the Portuguese.
- The Dutch captured the Spanish flagship, but let it go adrift.
- The Dutch called the numerous tribes collectively the River Indians.