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Dutchman
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dutchman
English
Etymology
en :inh enm:Ducheman 1
From en enm Ducheman; equivalent to en Dutch -man.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dutchman.wav Southern England
en ʌtʃmən 2
Noun
Dutchmen
A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
en The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei and a Part of the Preface to Kepler's Dioptrics Containing the Original Account of Galileo's Astronomical Discoveries: A Translation with Introduction and Notes 1880 About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near; w:Galileo Galilei 10 13 March 1610 Edward Stafford Carlos The Astronomical Messenger 433105990 Rivingtons London w:Johannes Kepler Sidereus Nuncius:
en December 10, 2011 David Ornstein Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton w:BBC Sport http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16015017.stm The Dutchman hit his 33rd league goal of the calendar year to move him three behind Alan Shearer's record of 36. https://web.archive.org/web/20230425220220/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16015017
en US A male Pennsylvania German.
en archaic or dated A male German.
en 1974 Robert Blair Tales of the Superstitions: The Origins of the Lost Dutchman's Legend There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.
en South Africa derogatory A male white Afrikaner.
en 1990 Rian Malan My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams 54 the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
en nautical en Flying Dutchman a ghost ship.
Derived terms
en Dutchman's breeches Dutchman's laudanum Dutchman's pipe Flying Dutchman I'm a Dutchman
Descendants
oj dechiman 1
Translations
a Dutch man
Afrikaans: af Nederlander
Arabic: ar هُولَنْدِيّ m
Asturian: ast neerlandés
Belarusian: be нідэрла́ндзец m, be нідэрля́ндзец m Taraškievica, be гала́ндзец m, be галя́ндзец m Taraškievica
Bulgarian: bg хола́ндец m
Catalan: ca neerlandès m; dated ca holandès m
Valencian: ca neerlandés m; dated ca holandés m
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏛᏥ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 荷蘭人 Hélánrén male or female
Czech: cs Nizozemec m, cs Holanďan m
Dutch: nl Nederlander m
Esperanto: eo nederlandano
Farefare: gur tɩntɩŋa
Finnish: fi hollantilainen, fi alankomaalainen
French: fr Néerlandais m, dated fr Hollandais m
Galician: gl holandés m
Georgian: ka ნიდერლანდელი, ka ჰოლანდიელი
German: de Niederländer m, de Holländer m
Greek: el Ολλανδός m
Gujarati: gu વલંદો m
Hindi: hi ओलंदेज़ m dated, hi ओलन्देज़ m, hi ओलंदेज m, hi ओलन्देज m, hi डच m
Hungarian: hu holland (férfi)
Icelandic: is Hollendingur m, is Niðurlendingur m
Irish: ga Ísiltíreach m
Italian: it olandese m f
Japanese: ja オランダ人 オランダじん, Oranda-jin male or female
Kazakh: kk голландтық, kk голландиялық
Korean: ko 네덜란드인 male or female, ko 네덜란드 사람; ko 네덜란드 남자
Latvian: lv holandietis m, lv nīderlandietis m
Lithuanian: lt olandas m
Macedonian: mk Холанѓанец m
Marathi: mr वलंदेज m historical
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb nederlender m-s, nb nederlending m-s
Nynorsk: nn nederlendar m-s, nn nederlending m
Plautdietsch: pdt Hollenda m
Polish: pl Niderlandczyk m, pl Holender m
Portuguese: pt holandês m, pt neerlandês m-s
Romanian: ro olandez m, ro neerlandez m
Russian: ru нидерла́ндец m, ru голла́ндец m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Хола́нђанин m, sh Низозе́мац m
Latin: sh Holánđanin m, sh Nizozémac m
Slovak: sk Holanďan m
Slovene: sl Nizozémec m
Spanish: es holandés m, es neerlandés m
Sranan Tongo: srn bakra
Swahili: sw Mholanzi
Swedish: sv nederländare c, sv holländare c
Turkish: tr Hollandalı
Ukrainian: uk нідерла́ндець m, uk голла́ндець m
Urdu: ur وَلَندیز m valandez dated, ur ڈَچ f ḍac
Venetan: vec nederlandexe m f
Wayana: way holante
Welsh: cy Iseldirwr m
See also
en Dutchwoman
Proper noun
the Dutchman
en US A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
en 2003 James Bradley Flyboys New York Little, Brown and Company 8 President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].
en nouns with irregular plurals
en Demonyms Nationalities Male people Nicknames for individuals
en male equivalent nouns