dutch

noun1

1. •
   (slang) wife

adjective5

1. •
   from the Netherlands, or connected with the people who live there or the language they speak
2. •
   (South-Africa, offensive) Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch).
3. •
   (old-fashioned) Thrifty.
4. •
   (no longer used) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic.
5. •
   (offensive, no longer used) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.

noun[plural only]5

1. •
   The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

   • By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. — 2001
2. •
   The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

   • The Dutch will vote on the matter next month.
   • In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.
3. •
   The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
4. •
   (South-Africa, offensive) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
5. •
   (old-fashioned) Synonym of double Dutch (“incomprehensible language or speech”).

   • “Queer language, that, sir,” said the officer. “It was Dutch to me.”

verb1

1. •
   To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.