dutch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the people of the Netherlands
    Dutch people.
    • the Dutch are famous for their tulips
  2. noun the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
  3. adjective of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
    • Dutch painting
    • Dutch painters

WordNet

Dutch adjective
Etymology
D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. peód, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. ✍ Dutch was formerly used for German.
    Germany is slandered to have sent none to this war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that other pilgrims, passing through that country, were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for their pains. Fuller.
Dutch noun
Definitions
  1. pl. The people of Holland; Dutchmen.
  2. The language spoken in Holland.

Webster 1913