Dutchman

See also: dutchman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Dutch duutschbor.

Old Saxon thiudisk

Middle Low German dütschbor.

Middle English Duch

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English Ducheman

English Dutchman

From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌtʃmən

Noun

Dutchman (plural Dutchmen)

1. A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
   • 1880 [1610 March 13], Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, “The Astronomical Messenger”, in Edward Stafford Carlos, transl., The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei and a Part of the Preface to Kepler's Dioptrics Containing the Original Account of Galileo's Astronomical Discoveries: A Translation with Introduction and Notes, London: Rivingtons, translation of Sidereus Nuncius: […] , →OCLC, page 10:

     About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near; […]

   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 April 2023:

     The Dutchman hit his 33rd league goal of the calendar year to move him three behind Alan Shearer's record of 36.

2. (US) A male Pennsylvania German.
3. (archaic or dated) A male German.
   • 1974, Robert Blair, Tales of the Superstitions: The Origins of the Lost Dutchman's Legend:

     […] There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.

4. (South Africa, derogatory) A male white Afrikaner.
   • 1990, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams, page 54:

     […] the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.

5. (nautical) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship.

Derived terms

• Dutchman's breeches
• Dutchman's laudanum
• Dutchman's pipe
• Flying Dutchman
• I'm a Dutchman

Descendants

• → Ojibwe: dechiman

Translations

a Dutch man

• Afrikaans: Nederlander (af)
• Arabic: هُولَنْدِيّ m (hūlandiyy)
• Asturian: neerlandés (ast)
• Belarusian: нідэрла́ндзец m (niderlándzjec), нідэрля́ндзец m (niderljándzjec) (Taraškievica), гала́ндзец m (halándzjec), галя́ндзец m (haljándzjec) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: хола́ндец m (holándec)
• Catalan: neerlandès (ca) m; (dated) holandès (ca) m

  Valencian: neerlandés (ca) m; (dated) holandés (ca) m

• Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏥ (chr) (advtsi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荷蘭人 / 荷兰人 (zh) (Hélánrén)

• Czech: Nizozemec (cs) m, Holanďan (cs) m
• Dutch: Nederlander (nl) m
• Esperanto: nederlandano
• Farefare: tɩntɩŋa
• Finnish: hollantilainen (fi), alankomaalainen (fi)
• French: Néerlandais (fr) m, Hollandais (fr) m
• Galician: holandés (gl) m
• Georgian: ნიდერლანდელი (niderlandeli), ჰოლანდიელი (holandieli)
• German: Niederländer (de) m, Holländer (de) m
• Greek: Ολλανδός (el) m (Ollandós)
• Gujarati: વલંદો m (valando)
• Hindi: ओलंदेज़ m (olandez) (dated), ओलन्देज़ m (olandez), ओलंदेज (hi) m (olandej), ओलन्देज (hi) m (olandej), डच (hi) m (ḍac)
• Hungarian: holland (férfi)
• Icelandic: Hollendingur m, Niðurlendingur m
• Irish: Ísiltíreach m
• Italian: olandese (it) m or f
• Japanese: オランダ人 (ja) (Oranda-jin)
• Kazakh: голландтық (gollandtyq), голландиялық (gollandiälyq)
• Korean: 네덜란드인 (ko) (nedeollandeu'in), 네덜란드 사람 (nedeollandeu saram)
• Latvian: holandietis m, nīderlandietis m
• Lithuanian: olandas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Холанѓанец m (Holanǵanec)
• Marathi: वलंदेज m (valandej) (historical)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nederlender (no) m sg, nederlending m sg

  Nynorsk: nederlendar (nn) m sg, nederlending (nn) m

• Plautdietsch: Hollenda m
• Polish: Niderlandczyk (pl) m, Holender (pl) m
• Portuguese: holandês (pt) m, neerlandês (pt) m sg
• Romanian: olandez (ro) m, neerlandez (ro) m
• Russian: нидерла́ндец (ru) m (niderlándec), голла́ндец (ru) m (gollándec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хола́нђанин m, Низозе́мац m

  Latin: Holánđanin m, Nizozémac (sh) m

• Slovak: Holanďan m
• Slovene: Nizozémec (sl) m
• Spanish: holandés (es) m, neerlandés (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: bakra
• Swahili: Mholanzi (sw)
• Swedish: nederländare (sv) c, holländare (sv) c
• Turkish: Hollandalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: нідерла́ндець m (niderlándecʹ), голла́ндець m (hollándecʹ)
• Urdu: وَلَندیز m (valandez) (dated), ڈَچ f (ḍac)
• Venetan: nederlandexe (vec) m or f
• Wayana: holante
• Welsh: Iseldirwr (cy) m

See also

• Dutchwoman

Proper noun

the Dutchman

1. (US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
   • 2003, James Bradley, chapter 8, in Flyboys, New York: Little, Brown and Company:

     President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].