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dutch

/dʌtʃ/

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What does dutch mean?

noun

  1. (slang) wife

verb

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

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
More meanings (12)

noun

  1. The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
  2. The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
  3. (derogatory, offensive) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
  4. (dated) Synonym of double Dutch (“incomprehensible language or speech”).

verb

  1. To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.

proper noun

  1. The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.
  2. A male given name, more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name.
  3. (archaic) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).

adjective

  1. (archaic) 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.
  2. (archaic, derogatory, obsolete) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.
  3. (dated) Thrifty.
  4. (derogatory) Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch).
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IPA pronunciation

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The Dutch supplied our markets with fish caught within sight of our own shores, while our coasting population stood idly looking on.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
The Dutch are still notorious for their partiality to them, and continue to pay higher prices for them than any other people.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
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It is better than having to fight the Dutch monopolist in every village, and getting drunken drivers and bad carts after all.
Lucie, Lady Duff GordonLetters from the CapeProject Gutenberg ebook #886
During the late war, the Dutch gained the whole carrying trade of France, of which they still retain a very large share.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Still I cannot understand how they got erected, or why the original Dutch pioneers chose to house themselves in such lordly fashion.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368