English
Wiktionary
Etymology
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 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 (modern 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
Adjective
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 , and specific use to established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA.
( obsolete outside certain fixed expressions, or in the sense of "thrifty", derogatory ) Substitute , inferior , ersatz ( as seen in expressions such as Dutch courage , Dutch treat , Dutch oven , and Dutch comfort ) , or thrifty, ( See Dutch treat ; compare go Dutch . )
( South Africa , derogatory , offensive , ethnic slur ) Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch )
Derived terms
Translations
of the Netherlands, people, or language
Afrikaans: Nederlands (af)
Albanian: holandez (sq)
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيّ ( hūlandiyy )
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)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 荷蘭的 / 荷兰的 (zh) , 荷兰的 (zh) ( Hélán de )
Czech: holandský (cs) , nizozemský (cs)
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
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) m , niðurlenskur m
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: голланд ( golland ) , голландық ( gollandyq ) , нидерланд ( niderland )
Khmer: ហូឡង់ (km) ( houlɑng ) , ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ ( needəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드의 (ko) ( nedeollandeuui )
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Kyrgyz: нидерланд ( niderland ) , голланд ( golland )
Lao: ໂຮນລັງ (lo) ( hōn lang )
Latin: batavicus
Latvian: nīderlandiešu , nīderlandisks
Limburgish: Nieëderlandjsj (li) n
Lithuanian: olandų (lt) , olandiškas
Low German: nedderlandsch (nds)
Macedonian: холандски ( holandski )
Malay: Belanda , ( obsolete ) Belandawi
Marathi: डच ( ḍac )
Mongolian: голланд ( golland ) , нидерланд ( niderland )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nederlandsk (no)
Nynorsk: nederlandsk (nn)
Pashto: هالېنډي ( hālenḍí )
Persian: هلندی (fa) ( holandi )
Piedmontese: olandèis
Polish: holenderski (pl) , niderlandzki (pl)
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt)
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)
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 ( dát )
Turkish: Hollandalı (tr)
Turkmen: goland , niderland
Ukrainian: голла́ндський ( hollándsʹkyj ) , нідерла́ндський (uk) ( niderlándsʹkyj )
Urdu: ڈچ ( ḍac )
Uyghur: گوللاندىيە ( gollandiye )
Uzbek: niderland (uz) , golland (uz)
Venetian: olandexe , nederlandexe (vec)
Vietnamese: Hà Lan (荷蘭 )
West Frisian: Nederlânsk (fy) , Hollânsk (fy)
Zhuang: Hozlanz
Proper noun
Dutch
The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium ).
( archaic ) German ; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany , Austria , Alsace , Luxembourg ).
Derived terms
Translations
the Dutch language
Afrikaans: Nederlands (af)
Albanian: gjuha holandeze
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: 荷蘭語 / 荷兰语 , 荷兰语 ( Hò-làn-ngî / Hò-nàn-ngî )
Mandarin: 荷蘭語 / 荷兰语 (zh) ( hélányǔ ) , 荷兰语 (zh) ( hélányǔ )
Min Nan: 荷蘭語 / 荷兰语 , 荷兰语 ( Hô-lân-gí ) , 和蘭語 / 和兰语 , 和兰语 ( O-lân-gí )
Cornish: iseldiryek
Corsican: lingua neerlandese f
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 , lingua neerlandesa f
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 ( holantitot )
Irish: Ísiltíris , Ollainnis
Italian: nederlandese , olandese (it)
Japanese: オランダ語 (ja) ( Oranda-go ) , 蘭語 (ja) ( らんご, Rango )
Khmer: ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ ( nedəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드어 ( Nedeollandeueo )
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Latin: batavice
Latvian: nīderlandiešu , nīderlandiešu valoda
Ligurian: Lengua olandeise
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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
Ossetian: Нидерландаг ӕвзаг ( Niderlandag ævzag )
Papiamentu: hulandes , idioma hulandes
Pennsylvania German: Niederlaendische Schprooch
Persian: هلندی (fa) ( holandi )
Piedmontese: olandèis , lenga olandèisa , neerlandèis , lenga neerlandèisa f
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
Noun
Template:en-plural noun
( collective ) The people of the Netherlands.
The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.
( South Africa , derogatory , offensive , ethnic slur ) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch )
( collective ) The Pennsylvania Dutch people,
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
people from the Netherlands
Arabic: هُولَنْدِيُّون m pl ( hūlandiyyūn ) , هُولَنْدِيَّات f pl ( hūlandiyyāt )
Aragonese: olandés m , olandesa f
Armenian: հոլանդացի ( holandacʻi ) , նիդերլանդացի ( niderlandacʻi )
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 ( hélánrén ) , 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
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 ( 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
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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
Persian: هلندیها ( Holandi-hâ )
Piedmontese: olandèis
Polish: Holendrzy , Niderlandczycy
Portuguese: holandês (pt) , neerlandês (pt)
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)
Venetian: olandexe m or f
West Frisian: Nederlanner , Hollanner
Verb
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.
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