Sekirov Dictionary

Dutch

/dʌt͡ʃ/

adjective 5
noun 5
verb 1
forms 9
phrases 4

adjective5

from the Netherlands, or connected with the people who live there or the language they speak
(South-Africa, offensive) Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch).
(old-fashioned) Thrifty.
(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.
(offensive, no longer used) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.

noun[plural only]5

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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
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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.
The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
(South-Africa, offensive) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
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(old-fashioned) Synonym of double Dutch (“incomprehensible language or speech”).
- “Queer language, that, sir,” said the officer. “It was Dutch to me.”

verb1

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

forms

Dutched · dutched · Dutching · Dutches · dutches · Dutcher · more Dutch · Dutchest · most Dutch

Phrases with Dutch

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