double Dutch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

double (twice, i.e. more than) + Dutch For sense 1: The English, historically, found Dutch (albeit a fellow Western Germanic language) particularly difficult to understand so anything that was completely incomprehensible would be double Dutch, i.e. twice as hard as Dutch.

[edit] Noun

double Dutch (uncountable)

1. Incomprehensible language.
2. A language game akin to pig Latin.
3. A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
4. (colloquial) Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.
5. A date where both man and woman pay for their portion of the bill.

[edit] Synonyms

• gibberish
• gobbledygook
• nonsense

[edit] Translations