Dutchness

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Etymology[edit]

Dutch +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

Dutchness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or characteristic of being Dutch.
    • 2009, Hans Krabbendam, Cornelis A. van Minnen, Giles Scott-Smith, Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009, page 238:
      Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch.

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