Dutchwoman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Dutch

Proto-Germanic *wībą

Proto-West Germanic *wīb

Old English wīf

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Old English wīfmann

Middle English woman

Middle English -woman

English -woman

English Dutchwoman

From Dutch + -woman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌt͡ʃˌwʊmən/

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Noun

Dutchwoman (plural Dutchwomen)

1. A Dutch woman; a woman from the Netherlands.

   Synonym: vrouw

2. A woman of Dutch descent.
3. (US) A female Pennsylvania German.
4. (archaic or dated) A woman from Germany.
5. (South Africa, derogatory, ethnic slur) A female white Afrikaner.

Related terms

• Dutchman

Translations

a Dutch woman

• Arabic: هُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (hūlandiyya)
• Asturian: neerlandesa (ast)
• Belarusian: нідэрла́ндка f (niderlándka), гала́ндка f (halándka)
• Bulgarian: хола́ндка f (holándka)
• Catalan: neerlandesa (ca) f; (dated) holandesa (ca) f
• Czech: Holanďanka (cs) f, Nizozemka (cs) f
• Dutch: Nederlandse (nl) f
• Esperanto: nederlandanino
• Finnish: hollannitar
• French: Néerlandaise (fr) f, Hollandaise (fr) f
• Galician: holandesa f
• German: Niederländerin (de) f, Holländerin (de) f
• Greek: Ολλανδή (el) f (Ollandí)
• Hungarian: holland nő
• Icelandic: Hollendingur m
• Ido: Nederlandanino
• Irish: Ísiltíreach m
• Italian: olandese (it) m or f
• Japanese: オランダ人 (ja) (Oranda-jin)
• Latvian: holandiete f, nīderlandiete f
• Lithuanian: olandė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Холанѓанка f (Holanǵanka)
• Polish: Niderlandka (pl) f, Holenderka (pl) f
• Portuguese: holandesa f
• Romanian: olandeză (ro) f
• Russian: нидерла́ндка (ru) f (niderlándka), голла́ндка (ru) f (gollándka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Nizòzēmka f, Holánđānka f
• Slovene: Nizozémka f
• Spanish: holandesa (es) f, neerlandesa (es) f
• Swedish: nederländska (sv) c, holländska (sv) c
• Ukrainian: нідерла́ндка f (niderlándka), голла́ндка f (hollándka)
• Volapük: ji-Nedänan