English [ edit ] 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-Germanic *þiudiskaz ( “ of one’s people ” ) , derived from *þeudō ( “ people ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂
Compare Old English þēodisc ( “ 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 .
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] Dutch (not comparable )
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands , the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
( archaic or regional, except in set terms) Pertaining to Germanic -speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Dutch, the Germans , and the Goths ; Teutonic ; Germanic. Especially refers to Germans ( obsolete outside certain fixed expressions, or in the sense of "thrifty", now possibly offensive, pejorative ) Substitute , inferior , ersatz ( as seen in expressions such as Dutch courage Dutch treat Dutch oven , and Dutch comfort ) , or thrifty, ( See Dutch treat go Dutch ) Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
of the Netherlands, people, or language
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيّ ( hūlandiyy ) , هُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f ( hūlandiyya )
Aragonese: olandés
Armenian: հոլանդական (hy) ( holandakan ) , նիդերլանդական ( niderlandakan )
Assamese: ওলন্দাজ ( ülondaz )
Basque: nederlandar
Breton: izelvroeg
Bulgarian: холандски ( holandski )
Catalan: neerlandès (ca) , ( dated ) holandès (ca)
Valencian: neerlandés (ca) , ( dated ) holandés (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 荷蘭的 (zh) , 荷兰的 (zh) ( Hélán-de )
Czech: holandský (cs) m nizozemský (cs) m
Danish: hollandsk nederlandsk (da)
Dhivehi: ޑަޗު (dv) ( ḍacu )
Dutch: Nederlands (nl)
Esperanto: nederlanda (eo)
Faroese: niðurlendskur m
Finnish: hollantilainen (fi) , alankomaalainen (fi)
French: néerlandais (fr) , hollandais (fr)
Galician: holandés m
Georgian: ნიდერლანდური ( niderlanduri ) , ჰოლანდიური ( holandiuri )
German: niederländisch (de) , holländisch (de)
Greek: ολλανδικός (el) ( ollandikós )
Hawaiian: Hōlani
Hungarian: holland (hu)
Icelandic: hollenskur (is) m niðurlenskur m
Ido: Nederlandana (io)
Indonesian: Belanda (id)
Interlingua: hollandese nederlandese (ia)
Italian: olandese (it)
Japanese: オランダの ( oranda-no ) , オランダ語の ( oranda-go no ) , 蘭- (ja) ( らん-, Ran- )
Korean: 네덜란드의 ( Nedeolandeu-eui )
Kurdish: holendî (ku)
Latin: batavicus
Latvian: nīderlandiešu nīderlandisks
Limburgish: Nieëderlandjsj (li) n
Low German: nedderlandsch (nds)
Macedonian: холандски m ( holandski )
Malay: Belanda ( obsolete ) Belandawi
Marathi: डच ( ḍac )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nederlandsk (no)
Nynorsk: nederlandsk (nn)
Persian: هلندی (fa) ( holandi )
Piedmontese: olandèis
Polish: holenderski (pl) , niderlandzki (pl)
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt)
Romanian: olandez (ro) m olandeză (ro) f neerlandez (ro)
Russian: голла́ндский (ru) ( gollándskij ) , нидерла́ндский (ru) ( niderlándskij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: холандски m низоземски m
Roman: holandski (sh) m nizozemski (sh) m
Slovak: holandský (sk) m
Slovene: nizozémski (sl)
Spanish: neerlandés (es) , holandés (es)
Swahili: kiholanzi
Swedish: holländsk (sv) , nederländsk (sv)
Tagalog: Olandes (tl)
Turkish: Hollandalı (tr)
Venetian: olandexe m , f nederlandexe (vec) m , f
West Frisian: Nederlânsk (fy) , Hollânsk (fy)
Dutch (countable and uncountable plural Dutch
( uncountable ) The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium ).( archaic , uncountable ) German ; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany , Austria , Alsace , Luxembourg ).( collective, plural ) The people of the Netherlands.
The Dutch will vote on the matter next month. Hyponyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
the Dutch language
Afrikaans: Nederlands (af)
Albanian: gjuha holandeze (sq)
Alemannic German: Niederländisch
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f ( hūlandiyya )
Aragonese: olandés
Armenian: հոլանդերեն (hy) ( holanderen ) , նիդերլանդերեն ( niderlanderen )
Assamese: ওলন্দাজ ভাষা ( ülondaz bhaxa )
Asturian: neerlandés (ast) m
Azerbaijani: Niderland dili (az)
Banyumasan: Basa Landa
Basque: nederlandera (eu)
Belarusian: гала́ндская мо́ва f ( halándskaja móva ) , гала́ндская f ( halándskaja )
Breton: Nederlandeg
Bulgarian: холандски ( holandski )
Catalan: neerlandès (ca) m ( dated ) holandès (ca) m Valencian: neerlandés (ca) m ( dated ) holandés (ca) m
Chinese:
Hakka: Hò-làn-ngî
Mandarin: 荷蘭語 (zh) , 荷兰语 (zh) ( Hélán-yǔ )
Min Nan: 低地語 ( kē-tē-gú )
Cornish: iseldiryek
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
Faroese: niðurlendskt (fo) n hálendskt n
Finnish: hollanti (fi)
French: néerlandais (fr) m hollandais (fr) m
Galician: holandés m
Georgian: ნიდერლანდური ენა ( niderlanduri ena ) , ჰოლანდიური ენა ( holandiuri ena )
German: Niederländisch (de) n Holländisch (de) n Central Franconian: Neederländėsch
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 (id)
Interlingua: hollandese nederlandese (ia)
Inuktitut: ᐦᐅᓚᓐᑎᑐᑦ ( hulantitut )
Irish: Ísiltíris Ollainnis
Italian: nederlandese olandese (it)
Japanese: オランダ語 (ja) ( Oranda-go ) , 蘭語 (ja) ( らんご, Ran-go )
Khmer: ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ ( nedəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드어 (ko) ( Nedeolandeu-eo )
Kurdish: holendî (ku)
Latin: batavice
Latvian: nīderlandiešu nīderlandiešu valoda
Ligurian: Lengua olandeise
Limburgish: Nederlands (li)
Lingala: Lifalamá
Lithuanian: olandų kalba (lt)
Low German: nederlannsch
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
Old English: Niðerlendisc (ang)
Ossetian: Нидерландаг æвзаг ( Niderlandag ævzag )
Papiamentu: hulandes idioma hulandes
Pennsylvania German: Niederlaendische Schprooch
Persian: هلندی (fa) ( holandi )
Piedmontese: olandèis lenga olandèisa neerlandèis
Polish: język niderlandzki (pl)
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt)
Quechua: Urasuyu simi
Romanian: neerlandeză (ro) f olandeză (ro) 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
Slovak: holandčina (sk)
Slovene: nizozémščina (sl) f
Sotho: Se-dutch
Spanish: neerlandés (es) m holandés (es) m
Sranan Tongo: Bakratongo
Swahili: Kiholanzi
Swedish: nederländska (sv) , holländska (sv)
Tagalog: Olandes (tl)
Tamil: டச்சு மொழி (ta) ( ṭaccu moḻi )
Thai: ภาษาดัตช์ (th) ( paasăa dât )
Tigrinya: ደች ( däč )
Turkish: Hollandaca (tr)
Ukrainian: нідерла́ндська (uk) f ( niderlándsʹka ) , голла́ндська f ( hollándsʹka )
Upper Sorbian: nižozemšćina (hsb)
Urdu: ڈچ ( ḍac )
Venetian: łéngua ołandexe f
Vietnamese: tiếng Hà Lan (vi)
Volapük: Nedänapük (vo)
Walloon: Neyerlandès
Welsh: iseldireg
West Flemish: (please verify ) Algemêen Nederlands
West Frisian: Nederlânsk (fy) , Hollânsk (fy)
Zulu: IsiHolandi
people from the Netherlands
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيُّون m pl ( hūlandiyyūn ) , هُولَنْدِيَّات f pl ( hūlandiyyāt )
Aragonese: olandés m olandesa f
Armenian: հոլանդացի ( holandacʿi ) , նիդերլանդացի ( niderlandacʿi )
Basque: nederlandar herbeheretar holandar
Bulgarian: холандец m ( holandec )
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 )
Czech: Holanďan (cs) m Holanďanka f Nizozemec (cs) m Nizozemka (cs) f
Danish: hollænder
Dutch: Nederlander (nl) m Nederlandse (nl) f Nederlanders (nl) pl
Esperanto: nederlandano
Faroese: niðurlendingur m
Finnish: hollantilainen (fi) , alankomaalainen (fi)
French: Néerlandais (fr) , Hollandais (fr)
Galician: holandés m holandesa f
Georgian: ნიდერლანდელები ( niderlandelebi ) , ჰოლანდიელები ( holandielebi ) , ნიდერლანდელი ( niderlandeli ) , ჰოლანდიელი ( holandieli )
German: Niederländer (de) , Holländer (de)
Greek: Ολλανδοί m pl ( Ollandoí )
Hawaiian: Hōlani
Hungarian: holland (hu) , hollandus ( old )
Icelandic: Hollendingur m
Indonesian: (please verify ) orang Belanda
Interlingua: hollandese nederlandese (ia)
Italian: olandese (it) m , f neerlandese m , f
Japanese: オランダ人 (ja) ( Oranda-jin )
Javanese: wong Walanda londo
Khmer: ដាច់ (km) ( dac ) , ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ ( nedəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드인 (ko) ( Nedeolandeu-in )
Latin: batavus m
Macedonian: Холанѓанец m ( Holanǵanec ) , Холанѓанка f ( Holanǵanka ) , Холанѓани pl ( Holanǵani )
Malay: (please verify ) orang Belanda
Marathi: डच ( ḍaca )
Navajo: Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nederlender (no) m nederlending m
Nynorsk: nederlendar (nn) m nederlending (nn) m
Persian: هلندیها ( Holandi-ha )
Piedmontese: olandèis
Polish: Holendrzy Niderlandczycy
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt)
Romanian: olandez (ro) m olandeză (ro) f olandezi pl olandeze 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)
Venetian: olandexe m , f
West Frisian: Nederlanner Hollanner
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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 improve the color or flavor.
2015 , Deb Wise, 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. See also [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ]
