Netherlandish

English Etymology From en Netherland ish. Compare en Netherlandic, which is used mainly in linguistics. Proper noun en chiefly arts linguistics history The Dutch language. 1897, Chamber's encyclopœdia: It has been said that Old English is Dutch, and to no other nation is the study of the Netherlandish more interesting than to the English. en 1991 Sarah Grey Thomason; Terrence Kaufman Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics University of California Press Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford 321 Low Dutch means both Low Frankish (or Netherlandish) and Low Saxon (or “Low German”). Adjective - en chiefly arts linguistics history Of or pertaining to the Netherlands. en McSheffrey Shannon Ad Putter 2023 The Dutch Hatmakers of Late Medieval and Tudor London: with an edition of their bilinguial Guild Ordinances The Formation of the Hatmakers' Fraternity 48 Boydell & Brewer 10.2307/jj.3643590.8 Even more strikingly assumptive of a Low Countries context is Article 12's prescription that any guild brother who maimed another 'shall compownde with' and 'recompense and satisfy' the person whom he hurt. Composition or settlement of interpersonal wrongs by money compensation, rather than state prosecution, was common in much of Europe, including in Netherlandish cities. Usage notes Mostly used today in reference to culture and art, specifically early Netherlandish painting. Translations Dutch See also en Flemish en terms prefixed with nether-