English [ edit ] Wiktionary Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English Duch ( “ German, Low German, Dutch ” ) , from Middle Low German dütsch düdesch ( “ German, Low German, Dutch ” ) and Middle Dutch dūtsch duutsc ( “ German, Low German, Dutch ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz ( “ of one’s people ” ) , derived from *þeudō ( “ people ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ Doublet of Deutsch tuath
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 German deutsch ( “ German ” ) ), modern Dutch Duits ( “ German ” ) alongside elevated Diets ( “ Dutch ” ) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick , Teuton , Teutonic .
The pejorative sense is said to come from the ingenuity of poor Germanic immigrants settling in the Anglosphere in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] Dutch (not comparable )
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 ).Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] of the Netherlands, people, or language
Afrikaans: Nederlands (af)
Albanian: holandez (sq)
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيّ ( hūlandiyy )
Hijazi Arabic: هُولَنْدِي m ( hōlandi )
Aragonese: olandés
Armenian: հոլանդական (hy) ( holandakan ) , նիդերլանդական ( niderlandakan )
Assamese: ওলন্দাজ ( ülondaz )
Azerbaijani: niderland
Basque: nederlandar
Belarusian: гала́ндскі ( halándski ) , галя́ндзкі ( haljándzki ) , нідэрла́ндскі ( niderlándski ) , нідэрля́ндзкі ( niderljándzki ) , галяндэ́рскі ( haljandérski )
Bengali: ওলন্দাজ (bn) ( ōlondaj ) , ডাচ ( ḍac )
Breton: izelvroeg (br)
Bulgarian: хола́ндски ( holándski )
Burmese: နယ်သာလန် ( naisalan )
Catalan: neerlandès (ca) , ( dated ) holandès (ca)
Valencian: neerlandés (ca) , ( dated ) holandés (ca)
Cherokee: ᏁᏓᎳ ( nedala )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 荷蘭的 ／ 荷兰的 (zh) ( Hélán de )
Corsicsan: ulandese (co) , olandese (co)
Czech: holandský (cs) , nizozemský (cs)
Danish: hollandsk nederlandsk (da)
Dhivehi: ޑަޗު (dv) ( ḍacu )
Dutch: Nederlands (nl)
Esperanto: nederlanda (eo)
Farefare: tɩntɩŋ
Faroese: niðurlendskur
Finnish: hollantilainen (fi) , alankomaalainen (fi)
French: néerlandais (fr) , hollandais (fr)
Galician: holandés (gl)
Georgian: ნიდერლანდური ( niderlanduri ) , ჰოლანდიური ( holandiuri ) , ნიდერლანდური ენა ( niderlanduri ena ) , ჰოლანდიური ენა ( holandiuri ena )
German: niederländisch (de) , holländisch (de)
Greek: ολλανδικός (el) ( ollandikós )
Hawaiian: Hōlani
Hindi: डच (hi) ( ḍac ) , ओलंदेजी (hi) ( olandejī ) , ओलन्देजी (hi) ( olandejī ) , ओलंदेज (hi) ( olandej ) , ओलन्देज (hi) ( olandej ) , ओलंदेज़ ( olandez ) , ओलन्देज़ ( olandez )
Hungarian: holland (hu)
Icelandic: hollenskur (is) , niðurlenskur
Ido: Nederlandana (io)
Indonesian: Belanda (id)
Interlingua: hollandese nederlandese (ia)
Italian: olandese (it)
Japanese: オランダの (ja) ( Oranda no ) , 蘭 (ja) ( らん, Ran )
Kazakh: голландық ( gollandyq )
Khmer: ហូឡង់ (km) ( houlɑng ) , ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ ( needəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드의 (ko) ( Nedeollandeuui )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: holendî (ku)
Kyrgyz: нидерланд ( niderland ) , голланд ( golland )
Lao: ໂຮນລັງ (lo) ( hōn lang )
Latin: batavicus nederlandicus
Latvian: nīderlandiešu nīderlandisks
Limburgish: Nieëderlandjsj
Lithuanian: olandų (lt) , olandiškas
Low German: nedderlandsch (nds)
Macedonian: холандски ( holandski )
Malay: Belanda ( obsolete ) Belandawi
Marathi: डच ( ḍac )
Mingrelian: ნიდერლანდური ნინა ( niderlanduri nina ) , ჰოლანდიური ნინა ( holandiuri nina )
Mongolian: голланд ( golland ) , нидерланд ( niderland )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nederlandsk (no)
Nynorsk: nederlandsk (nn)
Occitan: neerlandés (oc) , olandés
Ottoman Turkish: فلمنكلی ( Felemenkli )
Papiamentu: hulandes
Pashto: هالېنډي ( hālenḍí )
Persian: هلندی (fa) ( holandi )
Piedmontese: olandèis
Polish: niderlandzki (pl) , holenderski (pl)
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt) , batavo ( rarely used )
Romanian: olandez (ro) , neerlandez (ro)
Russian: голла́ндский (ru) ( gollándskij ) , нидерла́ндский (ru) ( niderlándskij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хо̀ландскӣ ни̏зозе̄мскӣ
Roman: hòlandskī (sh) , nȉzozēmskī (sh)
Slovak: holandský (sk)
Slovene: nizozẹ̑mski (sl)
Spanish: neerlandés (es) , holandés (es)
Sranan Tongo: bakra
Swahili: kiholanzi
Swedish: holländsk (sv) , nederländsk (sv)
Tagalog: Olandes (tl)
Tajik: ҳоландӣ ( holandī )
Tatar: нидерланд ( niderland )
Thai: เนเธอร์แลนด์ (th) ( nee-tə̂ə-lɛɛn ) , ฮอลแลนด์ (th) ( hɔn-lɛɛn ) , ฮอลันดา (th) ( hɔɔ-lan-daa ) , ดัตช์ (th) ( dát )
Turkish: Hollandalı (tr)
Turkmen: goland niderland
Ukrainian: голла́ндський ( hollándsʹkyj ) , нідерла́ндський (uk) ( niderlándsʹkyj )
Urdu: ولندیزی ( valandezī ) , ڈچ ( ḍac )
Uyghur: گوللاندىيە ( gollandiye )
Uzbek: niderland (uz) , golland (uz)
Venetian: olandexe nederlandexe (vec)
Vietnamese: Hà Lan 荷蘭
West Frisian: Nederlânsk (fy) n Hollânsk (fy) n
Zhuang: Hozlanz
Proper noun [ edit ] Dutch
The main language of the Netherlands , Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium ) and Suriname; Netherlandic .
2003 , Anthony F. Buccini, "Ab errore liberato". The Northern Expansion of Frankish Power in the Merovingian Period and the Genesis of the Dutch Language , in: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik: Band 57 — 2003: Quod vulgo dicitur: Studien zum Altniederländischen , volume edited by Willy Pijnenburg, Arend Quak, Tanneke Schoonheim, here p. 183:
According to this view, Dutch is a descendant of Old (West) Low Franconian and [...]
( 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 Synonyms [ edit ] ( language of Netherlands and Flanders ) :
Holonyms [ edit ] ( language of Netherlands and Flanders ) :
Derived terms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] the Dutch language
Afrikaans: Nederlands (af)
Akan: Dɛɛkye
Albanian: gjuha holandeze
Alemannic German: Niederländisch
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f ( hūlandiyya )
Hijazi Arabic: هُولَنْدِي m ( hōlandi )
Aragonese: olandés
Armenian: հոլանդերեն (hy) ( holanderen ) , նիդերլանդերեն ( niderlanderen )
Assamese: ওলন্দাজ ভাষা ( ülondaz bhaxa )
Asturian: neerlandés (ast) m
Azerbaijani: Niderland dili
Banyumasan: Basa Landa
Basque: nederlandera (eu)
Belarusian: гала́ндская мо́ва f ( halándskaja móva ) , гала́ндская f ( halándskaja )
Breton: nederlandeg m izelvroeg (br) m
Bulgarian: холандски ( holandski )
Catalan: neerlandès (ca) m ( dated ) holandès (ca) m Valencian: neerlandés (ca) m ( dated ) holandés (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏁᏓᎳ ( nedala )
Chinese:
Hakka: 荷蘭語 ／ 荷兰语 ( Hò-làn-ngî / Hò-nàn-ngî )
Mandarin: 荷蘭語 ／ 荷兰语 (zh) ( hélányǔ )
Min Nan: 荷蘭語 ／ 荷兰语 ( Hô-lân-gí ) , 和蘭語 ／ 和兰语 ( O-lân-gí )
Cornish: iseldiryek
Corsican: neerlandese m nederlandese (co) m olandese (co) m ulandese (co) m
Crimean Tatar: Felâmenk tili
Czech: holandština (cs) f nizozemština (cs) f
Danish: hollandsk nederlandsk (da)
Dhivehi: ޑަޗު (dv) ( ḍacu )
Dutch: Nederlands (nl) n
Dutch Low Saxon: Nederlaands (nds)
Esperanto: nederlanda (eo)
Estonian: hollandi
Farefare: tɩntɩnnɛ
Faroese: niðurlendskt (fo) n hálendskt n
Finnish: hollanti (fi)
French: néerlandais (fr) m hollandais (fr) m
Galician: holandés (gl) m lingua neerlandesa f
Georgian: ნიდერლანდური ენა ( niderlanduri ena ) , ჰოლანდიური ენა ( holandiuri ena )
German: Niederländisch (de) n Holländisch (de) n
Greek: ολλανδικά (el) n pl ( ollandiká )
Gujarati: ડચ (gu) ( ḍac )
Hebrew: הולנדית (he) ( holandít )
Hindi: डच (hi) ( ḍac )
Hungarian: holland (hu)
Icelandic: hollenska (is)
Ido: Nederlandana linguo Nederlandana (io)
Indonesian: bahasa Belanda
Interlingua: hollandese nederlandese (ia)
Inuktitut: ᐦᐅᓚᓐᑎᑐᑦ ( holantitot )
Irish: Ísiltíris Ollainnis
Italian: nederlandese m olandese (it)
Japanese: オランダ語 (ja) ( Oranda-go ) , 蘭語 (ja) ( らんご, Rango )
Kazakh: нидерланд тілі ( niderland tılı ) , нидерландша ( niderlandşa )
Khmer: ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ ( nedəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드어 (ko) ( Nedeollandeueo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: holendî (ku)
Latin: batavice nederlandice
Latvian: nīderlandiešu nīderlandiešu valoda
Ligurian: lengua olandeise f
Limburgish: Nederlands (li)
Lingala: Lifalamá
Lithuanian: olandų kalba
Low German: Nedderlandsch (nds) n
Luxembourgish: Nidderlännesch n Hollännesch (lb) n
Macedonian: холандски јазик m ( holandski jazik )
Malay: bahasa Belanda
Manx: Ollanish
Mapudungun: olanda dungun
Marathi: डच भाषा ( ḍac bhāṣā )
Navajo: Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: डच ( ḍac )
Norman: Hollandais m
Northern Sami: Hollánddagiella
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nederlandsk (no) m
Nynorsk: nederlandsk (nn) m
Occitan: neerlandés (oc) m holandés m
Ossetian: Нидерландаг ӕвзаг ( Niderlandag ævzag )
Ottoman Turkish: فلمنكجه ( Felemenkce )
Papiamentu: hulandes idioma hulandes
Persian: هلندی (fa) ( holandi )
Piedmontese: olandèis lenga olandèisa f neerlandèis lenga neerlandèisa f
Polish: (język) niderlandzki (pl) , (język) holenderski (pl)
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt) , batavo ( rarely used )
Quechua: Urasuyu simi
Romanian: neerlandeză (ro) f olandeză (ro) f limba olandeză f
Russian: голла́ндский (ru) ( gollándskij ) , нидерла́ндский (ru) ( niderlándskij )
Scots: Dutch leid
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: холандски m низоземски m
Roman: holandski (sh) m nizozemski (sh) m nizozemski jezik m
Sicilian: lingua ulannisa f
Slovak: holandčina (sk)
Slovene: nizozémščina (sl) f
Sotho: Se-dutch
Spanish: neerlandés (es) m holandés (es) m
Sranan Tongo: Bakratongo wetimantongo ( colloquial )
Swahili: Kiholanzi
Swedish: nederländska (sv) , holländska (sv)
Tagalog: Olandes (tl)
Tamil: டச்சு மொழி (ta) ( ṭaccu moḻi )
Thai: ภาษาดัตช์ (th) ( paasăa dât )
Tigrinya: ዳች ( dač ) , ሆላንድኛ ( holandəña )
Turkish: Hollandaca (tr)
Ukrainian: нідерла́ндська (uk) f ( niderlándsʹka ) , голла́ндська f ( hollándsʹka )
Upper Sorbian: nižozemšćina (hsb)
Urdu: ولندیزی ( valandezī ) , ڈچ ( ḍac )
Venetian: łéngua ołandexe f
Vietnamese: tiếng Hà Lan
Volapük: Nedänapük (vo)
Walloon: Neyerlandès
Welsh: iseldireg
West Flemish: (please verify ) Algemêen Nederlands
West Frisian: Nederlânsk (fy) , Hollânsk (fy)
Zulu: IsiHolandi
Dutch pl plural only )
( collective ) The people of the Netherlands , or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.
In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.
( collective , South Africa , derogatory , offensive , ethnic slur ) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch ).( collective ) The Pennsylvania Dutch people.Hyponyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] people from the Netherlands
Afrikaans: Nederlanders pl
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيُّون m pl ( hūlandiyyūn ) , هُولَنْدِيَّات f pl ( hūlandiyyāt )
Aragonese: olandés m olandesa f
Armenian: հոլանդացի ( holandacʿi ) , նիդերլանդացի ( niderlandacʿi )
Basque: nederlandar herbeheretar holandar
Breton: izelvroat nederlandat
Bulgarian: холандец m ( holandec )
Buryat: нидерландынхид pl ( nidjerlandynxid )
Catalan: neerlandès (ca) m neerlandesa (ca) f ( dated ) holandès (ca) m holandesa (ca) f Valencian: neerlandés (ca) m neerlandesa (ca) f ( dated ) holandés (ca) m holandesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 荷蘭人 ／ 荷兰人 ( Hélán-rén )
Corsican: neerlandese
Czech: Holanďan (cs) m Holanďanka (cs) f Nizozemec (cs) m Nizozemka (cs) f
Danish: hollænder
Dutch: Nederlander (nl) m Nederlandse (nl) f Nederlanders (nl) pl
Esperanto: nederlandano
Farefare: tɩntɩŋa sg tɩntɩnsɩ pl
Faroese: niðurlendingur m
Finnish: hollantilainen (fi) , alankomaalainen (fi)
French: Néerlandais (fr) , Hollandais (fr)
Galician: holandés (gl) m holandesa f
Georgian: ნიდერლანდელები ( niderlandelebi ) , ჰოლანდიელები ( holandielebi ) , ნიდერლანდელი ( niderlandeli ) , ჰოლანდიელი ( holandieli )
German: Niederländer (de) , Holländer (de)
Greek: Ολλανδοί (el) m pl ( Ollandoí )
Hawaiian: Hōlani
Hindi: डच (hi) ( ḍac ) , ओलंदेज (hi) m ( olandej ) , ओलन्देज (hi) m ( olandej ) , ओलंदेज़ m ( olandez ) , ओलन्देज़ m ( olandez ) , ओलन्देजी (hi) m ( olandejī ) , ओलन्देजी (hi) m ( olandejī )
Hungarian: holland (hu) , hollandus (hu) ( old )
Icelandic: Hollendingur m
Indonesian: (please verify ) orang Belanda
Interlingua: hollandese nederlandese (ia)
Italian: olandese (it) m or f neerlandese m or f
Japanese: オランダ人 (ja) ( Oranda-jin )
Javanese: wong Walanda londo
Khmer: ដាច់ (km) ( dac ) , ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ ( nedəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드인 (ko) ( nedeollandeu'in )
Latin: batavus m
Macedonian: Холанѓанец m ( Holanǵanec ) , Холанѓанка f ( Holanǵanka ) , Холанѓани pl ( Holanǵani )
Malay: (please verify ) orang Belanda
Marathi: डच ( ḍac )
Navajo: Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nederlender (no) m nederlending m
Nynorsk: nederlendar (nn) m nederlending (nn) m
Ottoman Turkish: فلمنكلی ( Felemenkli )
Persian: هلندیها ( holandi-hâ )
Piedmontese: olandèis
Polish: Holendrzy Niderlandczycy
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt) , batavo ( rarely used )
Romanian: olandez (ro) m olandeză (ro) f olandezi (ro) pl olandeze (ro) f pl
Russian: голла́ндец (ru) m ( gollándec ) , голла́ндка (ru) f ( gollándka ) , нидерла́ндец (ru) m ( niderlándec ) , нидерла́ндка (ru) f ( niderlándka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Холанђанин m Низоземац m Холанђанка f Низоземкиња f
Roman: Holanđanin m Nizozemac (sh) m Holanđanka f Nizozemkinja f
Slovak: Holanďan m Holanďanka f
Slovene: Nizozémec (sl) m Nizozémka f
Spanish: holandés (es) m
Sundanese: urang Walanda
Swedish: holländare (sv) m holländska (sv) f nederländare (sv) m nederländska (sv) f
Tagalog: Olandes (tl)
Turkish: Hollandalı (tr)
Urdu: ولندیزی ( valandezī )
Venetian: olandexe m or f
Vietnamese: người Hà Lan
West Frisian: Nederlanner Hollanner
Dutch (third-person singular simple present Dutches present participle Dutching simple past and past participle Dutched
To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.
2015 Incredibly Decadent Desserts: 100 Divine Treats Under 300 Calories :Dutch processed is made from cocoa beans that have been treated with an alkalized solution. You'll get a deeper color and a great chocolaty flavor, but more importantly, the process of Dutching the chocolate renders the powder neutral.
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