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Dutch

  [duhch]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
2. pertaining to or designating the style of painting and subject matter developed in the Netherlands during the 17th century, chiefly characterized by the use of chiaroscuro, muted tones, naturalistic colors or forms, and of genre, landscape, or still-life subjects drawn from contemporary urban and rural life.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
4. Archaic. German; Teutonic.
–noun
5. the people of the Netherlands and their immediate descendants elsewhere, collectively.
6. Pennsylvania Dutch.
7. Also called Netherlandic. the Germanic language of the Netherlands and northern Belgium. Abbreviation: D Compare Flemish.
8. Obsolete. the German language.
—Idioms
9. go Dutch, to have each person pay his or her own expenses: a dinner where everyone goes Dutch. Also, go dutch.
10. in Dutch, in trouble or disfavor (with someone): in Dutch with the teacher for disturbing the class.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME Duch < MD duutsch Dutch, German(ic); c. OHG diutisc popular (language) (as opposed to learned Latin), trans. of L (lingua) vulgāris popular (language)
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Dutch   (dŭch)   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.

    2. Of or relating to the Dutch language.

    3. German.

    4. Of or relating to any of the Germanic peoples or languages.

  2. Archaic

    1. German.

    2. Of or relating to any of the Germanic peoples or languages.

  3. Of or relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch.

n.  

  1. (used with a pl. verb)

    1. The people of the Netherlands.

    2. Archaic A Germanic people.

    3. The Pennsylvania Dutch.

    4. The official West Germanic language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium.

    5. Archaic One or more of the West Germanic languages of Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries.

    6. See Pennsylvania Dutch.

    1. The official West Germanic language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium.

    2. Archaic One or more of the West Germanic languages of Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries.

    3. See Pennsylvania Dutch.

  3. Slang Anger or temper.


[Middle English Duch, German, Dutch, from Middle Dutch Dūtsch; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.]
Pennsylvania Dutch  
n.  

  1. (used with a pl. verb) The descendants of German and Swiss immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries.

  2. The dialect of High German spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Also called Dutch, Pennsylvania German.

  3. The style of folk art and decorative arts developed by the Pennsylvania Dutch.


[Alteration of German Deutsch, German; see Plattdeutsch.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

Dutch

In addition to the idioms beginning with Dutch, also see beat all (the Dutch); double Dutch; in Dutch.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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