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  (dŭch) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.
    2. Of or relating to the Dutch language.
  1. Archaic.
    1. German.
    2. Of or relating to any of the Germanic peoples or languages.
  2. Of or relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch.
n.
  1. (used with a pl. verb)
    1. The people of the Netherlands.
    2. Archaic. A Germanic people.
    3. The Pennsylvania Dutch.
    1. The official West Germanic language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium.
    2. Archaic. One or more of the West Germanic languages of Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries.
    3. See Pennsylvania Dutch (sense 2).
  2. Slang. Anger or temper.
idioms:

go Dutch

  1. To pay one's own expenses on a date or outing.
in Dutch
  1. In disfavor or trouble.

[Middle English Duch, German, Dutch, from Middle Dutch Dūtsch.]


 
 
Thesaurus: Dutch

noun

    A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition: box1, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight1, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble. Informal bind, pickle, spot. See easy/hard.

 
Idioms: Dutch

Idioms beginning with Dutch:
Dutch courage
Dutch uncle

See also beat all (the Dutch); double Dutch; in Dutch.


 
Wikipedia: Dutch (disambiguation)


See also: Netherlands (terminology) for more information on the confusion about 'Dutch' and the 'Netherlands'.

Dutch may also refer to:

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Use in proverbs, slang and customs

  • As a remnant from the Anglo-Dutch wars, the term "Dutch" is occasionally used in some common phrases based on stereotypes in English:
    • Going Dutch, to split the cost of a purchase, usually a meal, evenly between several parties.
    • Dutch courage, courage from intoxication.
  • Dutch book, a method of guaranteeing a profit in gambling
  • The chess opening Dutch Defence
  • Dutch auction, an auction system
  • In film, a Dutch angle is a severely tilted camera angle, commonly used to give a sense of psychological uneasiness or tension.
  • Dutch, hiphop slang that refers to marijuana (as in: "pass that Dutch")
  • Dutch Dejection, a homoerotic form of karma sutra
  • Dutching, a method of sharing the risk of losing in gambling
  • Double Dutch, slang term for 'jibberish' or nonsense

History

People

  • A nickname of Ronald Reagan, the 40th United States President
  • Dutch Schultz, a notorious mobster.
  • Dutch, an alias used by electronic music producer Jesse Houk (better known as The Scumfrog)
  • Sammy "Shwood" Wood famous soldier during the height of Dutch military power.
  • Pennsylvania Dutch, a name for the German immigrants to Pennsylvania who came prior to 1800, including Plain sects Amish communities, coming from an archaic meaning of the word "Dutch" to refer to all continental West Germanic speakers
  • Cape Dutch, the early European inhabitants of the Western Cape (South Africa) between the 17th and 19th centuries

Fictional characters

Objects and products

Art


 
Translations: Translations for: Dutch

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kone

adj. - hollandsk, tysk, af hollandsk afstamning, afrikaaner-
n. - hollandsk, afrikaans

idioms:

  • dutch auction    hollandsk auktion
  • dutch courage    mod på flaske
  • dutch oven    primitiv stegeovn, stegegryde
  • dutch treat    sammenskudsgilde
  • dutch uncle    skolemester
  • go dutch    splejse

Nederlands (Dutch)
Nederlanders, Nederlands, laten springen (de bank in casino)

Français (French)
n. - (GB) la patronne

adj. - néerlandais
n. - Néerlandais

idioms:

  • dutch auction    (fig) enchères au rabais
  • dutch courage    (fig) courage puisé dans la bouteille
  • dutch oven    cocotte
  • dutch treat    partager les frais
  • dutch uncle    dire ses quatre vérités à qn
  • go dutch    faire fifty-fifty
  • in dutch    (être) en difficulté avec qn

Deutsch (German)
n. - (BrE)(ugs.) meine gute Alte

n. - Niederländisch (Sprache), Holländisch, Niederländer, Holländer
adj. - niederländisch, holländisch

idioms:

  • dutch auction    Abschlag
  • dutch courage    angetrunkener Mut
  • dutch oven    Schmortopf, Backgefäß
  • dutch treat    gemeinsames Vergnügen, bei dem jeder für sich bezahlt
  • dutch uncle    wohlwollender, aber strenger Ratgeber
  • go dutch    getrennte Kasse machen
  • in dutch    Schwierigkeiten bekommen, jmdn./sich in Schwierigkeiten bringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (οι) Ολλανδοί
n. - ολλανδική γλώσσα, ολλανδικά
adj. - ολλανδικός, Ολλανδός

idioms:

  • dutch auction    μειοδοτικός διαγωνισμός
  • dutch courage    ψευτοπαλληκαριά, θάρρος μεθυσμένου
  • dutch oven    μεταλλικό ή πήλινο σκεύος για εντράδα, μεταλλικό σκεύος ανοιχτό μπροστά για μαγείρεμα σε φωτιά
  • dutch treat    διασκέδαση ή γεύμα ρεφενέ
  • dutch uncle    άτομο που αρέσκεται να νουθετεί
  • go dutch    μοιράζομαι το λογαριασμό

Italiano (Italian)
olandese

idioms:

  • dutch courage    coraggio dell'ubriaco
  • dutch oven    tipo di forno
  • dutch treat    pagare alla romana
  • dutch uncle    consigliere
  • go dutch    dividere il conto

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - holandeses (m pl)
n. - holandês (m)
adj. - holandês

idioms:

  • dutch courage    coragem (f) produzida pelo álcool
  • dutch oven    assadeira (f)
  • dutch treat    cada um paga a sua despesa
  • dutch uncle    mentor (m) severo
  • go dutch    cada um paga por si

Русский (Russian)
голландцы, голландский

idioms:

  • dutch courage    пьяная бравада
  • dutch oven    голландская печь
  • dutch treat    вечеринка вскладчину
  • dutch uncle    любитель читать нотации
  • go dutch    разделить пополам

Español (Spanish)
n. - holandés

adj. - holandés
n. - holandeses, neerlandeses

idioms:

  • dutch auction    subasta, almoneda
  • dutch courage    valentía que da la bebida
  • dutch oven    horno de ladrillos, hornalla, olla para hornear
  • dutch treat    cada uno paga lo suyo
  • dutch uncle    decirle cuatro verdades a uno
  • go dutch    pagar cada uno su parte, compartir los gastos
  • in dutch    en problemas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - holländare
n. - holländare
adj. - holländsk

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
荷兰的, 荷兰语的, 荷兰人的, 荷兰人, 荷兰语

idioms:

  • dutch auction    开价高渐降低的拍卖
  • dutch courage    酒后之勇
  • dutch oven    荷兰烤箱
  • dutch treat    各付各之聚餐
  • dutch uncle    严厉的批评者
  • go dutch    各人付自己的帐

小贩的老婆, 母亲

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 荷蘭的, 荷蘭語的, 荷蘭人的
n. - 荷蘭人, 荷蘭語

idioms:

  • dutch auction    開價高漸降低的拍賣
  • dutch courage    酒後之勇
  • dutch oven    荷蘭烤箱
  • dutch treat    各付各之聚餐
  • dutch uncle    嚴厲的批評者
  • go dutch    各人付自己的帳

n. - 小販的老婆, 母親

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 몸이 건장한 여자

adj. - 네덜란드의, 네덜란드인의, 네덜란드 방식의
n. - 네덜란드어, 네덜란드인

idioms:

  • go dutch    비용을 각자 부담하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - オランダ語, オランダ人
adj. - オランダの, オランダ人の

idioms:

  • dutch auction    逆せり
  • dutch courage    空元気, 酒
  • dutch oven    肉料理用なべ, 肉焼き器, れんが製かまど
  • dutch treat    費用自弁の会
  • dutch uncle    酷評家
  • go dutch    割り勘にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) الشعب الهولندي (الاسم) اللغه الهولندي (صفه) هولندي, أذى, اضطراب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮האישה (מדוברת)‬
adj. - ‮הולנדית, הולנדי‬
n. - ‮הולנדית, הולנדי, הולנדית (שפה)‬


 
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