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dutch English <dab> nl Alternative forms en Du. abbreviation Etymology L34519 en tewtéh₂ From en enm Duch German, Low German, Dutch, from en gml dütsch, gml düdesch German, Low German, Dutch and en dum dutsch dūtsch, dum dūtsc German, Low German, Dutch, from en gmw-pro *þiudisk, from en gem-pro *þiudiskaz of one’s people, derived from gem-pro *þeudō people, from en ine-pro *tewtéh₂. en Deutsch Doitsu. Compare enm thedisch native, endemic from ang þēodisċ of one’s people, osx thiudisk (nds-de düütsch German), goh diutisc (modern de deutsch German), modern nl Duits German alongside elevated nl Diets Dutch (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry. Pronunciation dŭch, en /dʌt͡ʃ/ en en-uk-Dutch.ogg Southern England en en-us-Dutch.ogg US en /dʊt͡ʃ/ Northern England,Ireland en ʌtʃ 1 Adjective more,er Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. en archaic fossil word 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. en inferioren obsolete fossil word pejorative Substitute, inferior, ersatz. en dated Thrifty. en South Africa derogatory ethnic slur Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch). Derived terms en Afro-Dutch Anglo-Dutch anti-Dutch bedutch double Dutch Dunglish Dutch 200 Dutch act Dutch angel dragon Dutch angle Dutch auction Dutch backgammon Dutch bargain Dutch barn Dutch Belt Dutch Belted Dutch billy Dutch bob Dutch braid Dutch brass Dutch Brazil Dutch-built Dutch-buttocked Dutch cap Dutch carpet Dutch case-knife bean Dutch curse Dutch cheese Dutch chocolate Dutch cleanser Dutch clover Dutch Colonial Dutch comfort Dutch concert Dutch corner Dutch courage Dutch crossing Dutch date Dutch disease Dutch door Dutch elm disease Dutch feast Dutch gable Dutch garden Dutch gold Dutch Guianese Dutch hand Dutch hoe dutchie Dutchification Dutchify Dutch iris Dutch-Kentucky syndrome Dutchkin Dutchlike Dutch liquid Dutch Low Saxon Dutch lunch Dutchly dutchman Dutchman Dutch metal Dutch myrtle Dutchness Dutchophone Dutch oven Dutchperson Dutchphobia Dutch pink Dutch process Dutch-processed Dutch rabbit Dutch reckoning Dutch Reformed Dutch Reformed Church Dutch Republic Dutch roll Dutch rudder Dutch sheepdog Dutch tilt Dutch Time Dutch touch Dutch treat Dutch uncle Dutch widow Dutch wife Dutchwoman Dutch woodbine dutchy go Dutch in Dutch pro-Dutch Roman-Dutch law Translations of the Netherlands, people, or language Afrikaans: af Nederlands Albanian: sq holandez Arabic: ar هُولَنْدِيّ Hijazi Arabic: acw هُولَنْدِي m hōlandi Aragonese: an olandés Armenian: hy հոլանդական, hy նիդերլանդական Assamese: as ওলন্দাজ Asturian: ast neerlandés Azerbaijani: az niderland Basque: eu nederlandar Belarusian: be гала́ндскі, be галя́ндзкі, be нідэрла́ндскі, be нідэрля́ндзкі, be галяндэ́рскі Bengali: bn ওলন্দাজ, bn ডাচ Breton: br izelvroeg Bulgarian: bg хола́ндски Burmese: my နယ်သာလန် Catalan: ca neerlandès, dated ca holandès Valencian: ca neerlandés, dated ca holandés Cherokee: chr ᏁᏓᎳ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 荷蘭 荷蘭的 Hélán de Corsican: co ulandese, co olandese Czech: cs holandský, cs nizozemský Danish: da hollandsk, da nederlandsk Dhivehi: dv ޑަޗު Dutch: nl Nederlands Esperanto: eo nederlanda Farefare: gur tɩntɩŋ Faroese: fo niðurlendskur Finnish: fi hollantilainen, fi alankomaalainen French: fr néerlandais, fr hollandais Frisian: West Frisian: fy Nederlânsk n, fy Hollânsk n Galician: gl holandés Georgian: ka ნიდერლანდური, ka ჰოლანდიური, ka ნიდერლანდური ენა, ka ჰოლანდიური ენა German: de niederländisch, de holländisch Greek: el ολλανδικός Hawaiian: haw Hōlani Hindi: hi डच, hi ओलंदेजी, hi ओलन्देजी, hi ओलंदेज, hi ओलन्देज, hi ओलंदेज़, hi ओलन्देज़ Hungarian: hu holland Icelandic: is hollenskur, is niðurlenskur Ido: io Nederlandana Indonesian: id Belanda Interlingua: ia hollandese, ia nederlandese Irish: ga Ísiltíreach, ga Ollannach Italian: it olandese Japanese: ja オランダ Oranda no オランダの, ja 蘭 らん, Ran Kazakh: kk голландық Khmer: km ហូឡង់, km ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ Korean: ko 네덜란드 ^네덜란드-의 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr holendî Kyrgyz: ky нидерланд, ky голланд Lao: lo ໂຮນລັງ Latin: la batavicus, la nederlandicus Latvian: lv nīderlandiešu, lv nīderlandisks Limburgish: li Nieëderlandjsj Lithuanian: lt olandų, lt olandiškas Low German: nds nedderlandsch Macedonian: mk холандски Malay: ms Belanda, obsolete ms Belandawi Marathi: mr डच Mingrelian: xmf ნიდერლანდური ნინა, xmf ჰოლანდიური ნინა Mongolian: mn голланд, mn нидерланд Norwegian: Bokmål: nb nederlandsk Nynorsk: nn nederlandsk Occitan: oc neerlandés, oc olandés Papiamentu: pap hulandes Pashto: ps هالېنډي hālenḍí Persian: fa هلندی holandi Piedmontese: pms olandèis Polish: pl niderlandzki, pl holenderski Portuguese: pt holandês, pt neerlandês, pt batavo rarely used Romanian: ro olandez, ro neerlandez Russian: ru голла́ндский, ru нидерла́ндский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh хо̀ландскӣ, sh ни̏зозе̄мскӣ Latin: sh hòlandskī, sh nȉzozēmskī Slovak: sk holandský Slovene: sl nizozẹ̑mski Spanish: es neerlandés, es holandés Sranan Tongo: srn bakra Swahili: sw kiholanzi Swedish: sv holländsk, sv nederländsk Tagalog: tl Olandes Tajik: tg ҳоландӣ Tatar: tt нидерланд Thai: th เนเธอร์แลนด์, th ฮอลแลนด์, th ฮอลันดา, th ดัตช์ Turkish: tr Hollandalı Ottoman Turkish: ota فلمنكلی Felemenkli Turkmen: tk goland, tk niderland Ukrainian: uk голла́ндський, uk нідерла́ндський Urdu: ur ولندیزی valandezī, ur ڈچ ḍac Uyghur: ug گوللاندىيە Uzbek: uz niderland, uz golland Venetan: vec olandexe, vec nederlandexe Vietnamese: vi Hà Lan (vi 荷蘭) Yiddish: yi האָלענדיש Zhuang: za Hozlanz Proper noun en Q7411The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic. en Giles Milton 'The Riddle and the Knight' w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/books/chapters/the-riddle-and-the-knight.html 2001-12-02 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419230810/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/books/chapters/the-riddle-and-the-knight.html 2003, Anthony F. Buccini, "Ab errore liberato". The Northern Expansion of Frankish Power in the Merovingian Period and the Genesis of the Dutch Language, in: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik: Band 57 — 2003: Quod vulgo dicitur: Studien zum Altniederländischen, volume edited by Willy Pijnenburg, Arend Quak, Tanneke Schoonheim, here p. 183: According to this view, Dutch is a descendant of Old (West) Low Franconian and [...] en 2023 Laws of Chess https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 2022 21 w:FIDE For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended. https://web.archive.org/web/20250316122506/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 16 March 2025 17 June 2025 en archaic German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg). en male more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name. Synonyms language of Netherlands and Flanders en Netherlandic, en Netherlandish Holonyms language of Netherlands and Flanders en Low Franconian Derived terms en Cape Dutch High-Dutch High Dutch Low-Dutch Low Dutch Middle Dutch Netherdutch Old Dutch Pennsylvania Dutch Descendants → Hindi: डच (ḍač) Translations the Dutch language Afrikaans: af Nederlands Akan: ak Dɛɛkye Albanian: sq gjuha holandeze Arabic: ar هُولَنْدِيَّة f Hijazi Arabic: acw هُولَنْدِي m hōlandi Aragonese: an olandés Armenian: hy հոլանդերեն, hy նիդերլանդերեն Assamese: as ওলন্দাজ ভাষা Asturian: ast neerlandés m, ast holandés Azerbaijani: az Niderland dili Banyumasan: map-bms Basa Landa Basque: eu nederlandera Belarusian: be гала́ндская мо́ва f, be гала́ндская f Breton: br nederlandeg m, br izelvroeg m Bulgarian: bg холандски Catalan: ca neerlandès m, ca holandès m dated Valencian: ca neerlandés m, ca holandés m dated Cherokee: chr ᏁᏓᎳ nedala Chichewa: ny Chidatchi 7 Chinese: Hakka: hak 荷蘭語 Hò-làn-ngî / Hò-nàn-ngî Hokkien: nan-hbl 荷蘭語 Hô-lân-gí, nan-hbl 和蘭語 O-lân-gí Mandarin: cmn 荷蘭語 hélányǔ Cornish: kw iseldiryek Corsican: co neerlandese m, co nederlandese m, co olandese m, co ulandese m Crimean Tatar: crh Felâmenk tili Czech: cs holandština f, cs nizozemština f Danish: da hollandsk, da nederlandsk Dhivehi: dv ޑަޗު Dutch: nl Nederlands n Esperanto: eo nederlanda Estonian: et hollandi Farefare: gur tɩntɩnnɛ Faroese: fo niðurlendskt n, fo hálendskt n Finnish: fi hollanti French: fr néerlandais m, fr hollandais m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Nederlânsk, fy Hollânsk Galician: gl holandés m, gl lingua neerlandesa f Georgian: ka ნიდერლანდური ენა, ka ჰოლანდიური ენა German: de Niederländisch n, de Holländisch n Alemannic German: gsw Niederländisch Greek: el ολλανδικά n-p Gujarati: gu ડચ Hebrew: he הולנדית f holandít Hindi: hi डच Hungarian: hu holland Icelandic: is hollenska Ido: io Nederlandana linguo, io Nederlandana Indonesian: id bahasa Belanda Interlingua: ia hollandese, ia nederlandese Inuktitut: iu ᐦᐅᓚᓐᑎᑐᑦ Irish: ga Ísiltíris, ga Ollainnis Italian: it nederlandese m, it olandese Japanese: ja オランダ語 Oranda-go, ja 蘭語 らんご, Rango Kazakh: kk нидерланд тілі, kk нидерландша Khmer: km ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ nedəɨlɑn Korean: ko ^네덜란드어 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr holendî Latin: la batavice, la nederlandice Latvian: lv nīderlandiešu, lv nīderlandiešu valoda Ligurian: lij lengua olandeise f Limburgish: li Nederlands Lingala: ln Lifalamá Lithuanian: lt olandų kalba Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Nederlaands German Low German: nds-de Nedderlandsch n Luxembourgish: lb Nidderlännesch n, lb Hollännesch n Macedonian: mk холандски јазик m Malay: ms bahasa Belanda Manx: gv Ollanish Mapudungun: arn olanda dungun Marathi: mr डच Navajo: nv Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé bizaad Nepali: ne डच Norman: nrf Hollandais m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb nederlandsk m Nynorsk: nn nederlandsk m Occitan: oc neerlandés m, oc holandés m Ossetian: os Нидерландаг ӕвзаг Papiamentu: pap hulandes, pap idioma hulandes Persian: fa هلندی holandi Piedmontese: pms olandèis, pms lenga olandèisa f, pms neerlandèis, pms lenga neerlandèisa f Polish: (język) pl niderlandzki, (język) pl holenderski Portuguese: pt holandês, pt neerlandês, pt batavo rarely used Quechua: qu Urasuyu simi Romanian: ro neerlandeză f, ro olandeză f, ro limba olandeză f Russian: ru голла́ндский, ru нидерла́ндский Sami: Northern Sami: se Hollánddagiella Scots: sco Dutch leid Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh холандски m, sh низоземски m Latin: sh holandski m, sh nizozemski m, sh nizozemski jezik m Sicilian: scn lingua ulannisa f Slovak: sk holandčina Slovene: sl nizozémščina f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb nižozemšćina f Upper Sorbian: hsb nižozemšćina Sotho: st Se-dutch Spanish: es neerlandés m, es holandés m Sranan Tongo: srn Bakratongo, srn wetimantongo colloquial Swahili: sw Kiholanzi Swedish: sv nederländska, sv holländska Tagalog: tl Olandes Tamil: ta டச்சு மொழி Thai: th ภาษาดัตช์ paasăa dât Tigrinya: ti ዳች, ti ሆላንድኛ Turkish: tr Hollandaca Ottoman Turkish: ota فلمنكجه Felemenkce Ukrainian: uk нідерла́ндська f, uk голла́ндська f Urdu: ur ولندیزی valandezī, ur ڈچ ḍac Uzbek: uz niderlandcha Venetan: vec łéngua ołandexe f Vietnamese: vi tiếng Hà Lan Volapük: vo Nedänapük Walloon: wa Neyerlandès Welsh: cy iseldireg West Flemish: vls Algemêen Nederlands Yiddish: yi האָלענדיש Zulu: zu IsiHolandi Noun p en collective The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. en The Dutch will vote on the matter next month. en In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century. en collective South Africa derogatory offensive ethnic slur Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch). en collective The Pennsylvania Dutch people. Derived terms en Black Dutch Cape Dutch Dutchland Fancy Dutch Gay Dutch Netherdutch Pennsylvania Dutch Pennsylvania Dutchland Plain Dutch Related terms en Deutsch Dutch-bottomed Dutchie Dutchman Dutchy Teuton Translations people from the Netherlands Dutchman Dutchwoman Afrikaans: af Nederlanders p Arabic: ar هُولَنْدِيُّون m-p, ar هُولَنْدِيَّات f-p Aragonese: an olandés m, an olandesa f Armenian: hy հոլանդացի, hy նիդերլանդացի Asturian: ast neerlandés Basque: eu nederlandar, eu herbeheretar, eu holandar Breton: br izelvroat, br nederlandat Bulgarian: bg холандец m Buryat: bua нидерландынхид p Catalan: ca neerlandesos m-p Valencian: ca neerlandés m, ca neerlandesa f, ca holandés m dated, ca holandesa f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 荷蘭人 Hélán-rén Corsican: co neerlandese Czech: cs Holanďané m-p, cs Holanďani m-p Danish: da hollændere c-p; da hollænder c-s Dutch: nl Nederlanders m-p Esperanto: eo nederlandanoj p Farefare: gur tɩntɩnsɩ p Faroese: fo niðurlendingar m-p; fo niðurlendingur m-s Finnish: fi hollantilaiset p, fi alankomaalaiset p French: fr Néerlandais m-p, fr Hollandais m-p Frisian: West Frisian: fy Nederlanner, fy Hollanner Galician: gl holandeses m-p Georgian: ka ნიდერლანდელები, ka ჰოლანდიელები German: de Niederländer m-p, de Holländer m-p Greek: el Ολλανδοί m-p Hawaiian: haw Hōlani Hindi: hi डच, hi ओलंदेज m, hi ओलन्देज m, hi ओलंदेज़ m, hi ओलन्देज़ m, hi ओलन्देजी m, hi ओलन्देजी m Hungarian: hu hollandok Icelandic: is Hollendingar m-p, is Niðurlendingar m-p Indonesian: id orang Belanda Interlingua: ia hollandese, ia nederlandese Italian: it olandesi m-p, it neerlandesi m-p Japanese: ja オランダ人 Oranda-jin Javanese: jv wong Walanda, jv londo Khmer: km ដាច់ dac, km ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ nedəɨlɑn Korean: ko 네덜란드인, ko 네덜란드 사람 Latin: la Batāvī m-p Macedonian: mk Холанѓани p Malay: ms orang Belanda Marathi: mr डच Navajo: nv Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé Norwegian: Bokmål: nb nederlendere m-p, nb nederlendinger m-p Nynorsk: nn nederlendarar m-p, nn nederlendingar m-p Persian: fa هلندی‌ها holandi-hâ Piedmontese: pms olandèis Polish: pl Holendrzy m-p, pl Niderlandczycy m-p Portuguese: pt holandeses m-p, pt neerlandeses m-p Romanian: ro olandezi m-p Russian: ru голла́ндцы m-p, ru нидерла́ндцы m-p Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Холанђанин m, sh Низоземац m, sh Холанђанка f, sh Низоземкиња f Latin: sh Holanđanin m, sh Nizozemac m, sh Holanđanka f, sh Nizozemkinja f Slovak: sk Holanďan m, sk Holanďanka f Slovene: sl Nizozémci m-p Spanish: es holandeses m-p, es neerlandeses m-p Sundanese: su urang Walanda Swedish: sv holländare c-p, sv nederländare c-p Tagalog: tl Olandes, tl Olandesa Turkish: tr Hollandalı Ottoman Turkish: ota فلمنكلی Felemenkli Urdu: ur ولندیزی valandezī Venetan: vec olandexe m f Vietnamese: vi người Hà Lan Noun - en dated en double Dutch incomprehensible language or speech. en Edgar Wallace “Queer language, that, sir,” said the officer. “It was Dutch to me.” Now, Max, pray enlighten the company. Why should the murderer write "Italian spoken" over the bed?''Obviously to make sure that you shouldn't miss it,' replied Mr Carrados.'Well,' remarked the sergeant, demonstrating one or two simple exercises in physical drill as a suitable preparation, 'I may as well be going. I don't understand Italian myself. Nor Dutch either,' he added cryptically. Verb To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor. en Incredibly Decadent Desserts: 100 Divine Treats Under 300 Calories Deb Wise 2015 Dutch processed is made from cocoa beans that have been treated with an alkalized solution. You'll get a deeper color and a great chocolaty flavor, but more importantly, the process of Dutching the chocolate renders the powder neutral. See also nl Further reading Dutch - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition. 1 nl nld nld en Ethnonyms Languages Nationalities Netherlands