dutch
dutch Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to the Netherlands, its people, its culture, or their language.
"The museum features an extensive collection of 17th-century Dutch landscape paintings."
• noun
The West Germanic language spoken primarily in the Netherlands, northern Belgium (Flanders), and Suriname.
"She became fluent in Dutch while completing her graduate studies in Amsterdam."
The citizens or natives of the Netherlands considered collectively (usually preceded by 'the').
"The Dutch are world-renowned for their expertise in coastal engineering and water management."
• adverb
In a manner where each person participating in a shared activity or meal pays for their own expenses (especially in the phrase 'go Dutch').
"Instead of splitting the bill evenly, the students decided to go Dutch and pay only for what they ordered."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'Dutch' refers strictly to the Netherlands in modern standard English, in the phrase 'Pennsylvania Dutch' it is a historical anglicization of 'Deutsch' (German) and refers to descendants of German-speaking settlers.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'Duche', borrowed from Middle Dutch 'duutsch', ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*þiudiskaz' meaning 'of the people' (as opposed to Latin). Until the 17th century, it referred to all continental Germanic peoples and languages before narrowing in English to the Netherlands.