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Definitions for Dutch

[1] of, relating 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, relating to, or characteristic of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
[4] Archaic . German; Teutonic.
[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.
[9] go Dutch , Sometimes Offensive . to have each person pay his or her own expenses: a dinner where everyone goes Dutch. Also go dutch .
[10] in Dutch , Sometimes Offensive . in trouble or disfavor (with someone): in Dutch with the teacher for disturbing the class.
[11] Cockney slang wife
[12] the language of the Netherlands, belonging to the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European family and quite closely related to German and English See also Flemish, Afrikaans
[13] the Dutch (functioning as plural) the natives, citizens, or inhabitants of the Netherlands
[14] See Pennsylvania Dutch
[15] See double Dutch
[16] in Dutch slang in trouble
[17] of, relating to, or characteristic of the Netherlands, its inhabitants, or their language
[18] go Dutch informal to share expenses equally

Words related to Dutch

asperity, bind, box, catch-22, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner, crisis, deadlock, difficulty, dilemma, drag, emergency, exigency, fix, hang-up, hardship, hole, imbroglio

Origin of Dutch

1350–1400; Middle English Duch < Middle Dutch duutsch Dutch, German(ic); cognate with Old High German diutisc popular (language) (as opposed to learned Latin), translation of Latin (lingua ) vulgāris popular (language)

Other words from Dutch

pre-Dutch , adjective
pseu·do-Dutch , adjective

Word origin for Dutch

C19: short for duchess

Synonyms for Dutch

Catch-22, asperity, bad news, bind, box, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner, crisis, deadlock, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, drag, emergency, exigency, fix, hang-up, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam, juncture, l