DUTCH
What does "DUTCH" mean?
Relating to the Netherlands, its people, or their language.
Meanings
- Of or relating to the Netherlands, its inhabitants, or their language. They admired the Dutch canals from a passing boat.
- The Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands and parts of Belgium. She studied Dutch before moving to Amsterdam.
- In the phrase 'go Dutch': with each person paying their own share. On the first date they agreed to go Dutch. informal
Did you know?
- The 'Pennsylvania Dutch' are not Dutch at all but German-descended: 'Dutch' here preserves the older English usage when the word covered German speakers too.
Word origin
From Middle Dutch 'duutsch', meaning 'of the people' or 'vernacular', from a Germanic root that also gave German 'Deutsch'; in English it narrowed to mean the people of the Netherlands.
Remember it
DUTCH and Deutsch share the same root - both meant 'of the people' before English narrowed it to the Netherlands.
A little poem
One word once held a hundred German towns,
then shrank to fit the land the sea hauls down.
couplet
Wordplay
- I suggested we split the bill and go Dutch. My friend from Amsterdam said that's just called 'paying' there.
What it teaches
Words drift like borders; a name can outlive the meaning that first earned it.
Quick facts
What does DUTCH mean?
Relating to the Netherlands, its people, or their language.
Is DUTCH a valid word?
Yes — DUTCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DUTCH?
DUTCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DUTCH come from?
From Middle Dutch 'duutsch', meaning 'of the people' or 'vernacular', from a Germanic root that also gave German 'Deutsch'; in English it narrowed to mean the people of the Netherlands.
What can DUTCH teach us?
Words drift like borders; a name can outlive the meaning that first earned it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.