Dutch

English

/dʌtʃ/

adj
Definitions
  • Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
  • (archaic) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Teutonic; Germanic. Especially refers to Germans, and specific use to established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA.
  • (obsolete) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.
  • (dated) thrifty
  • (South Africa) pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch)

Etymology

Derived from Middle English Duch (Dutch, Low German, German) derived from Middle Low German dütsch derived from Middle Dutch dūtsch, dutsch derived from *þiudisk derived from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (popular, of the people, of relating to a people, vernacular, of the tribe, of ones people) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (people, tribe, heap, nation), *tewtéh₂- (people, tribe, heap, nation).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tewtéh₂-

Gloss

people, tribe, heap, nation

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

民

Emoji

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