PIE word
*tewtéh₂
From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu.
Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”).
The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.
Meanings
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 Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic.
hi ओलंदेज (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · be галяндэ́рскі (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · la batavicus (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · de holländisch (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ms Belandawi (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · pt batavo (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · pl niderlandzki (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ga Ollannach (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · tk niderland (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · mr डच (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · haw Hōlani (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sw kiholanzi (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · pl holenderski (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · be нідэрла́ндскі (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fr néerlandais (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ca holandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ug گوللاندىيە (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · io Nederlandana (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · yi האָלענדיש (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · chr ᏁᏓᎳ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · km ហូឡង់ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ur ولندیزی (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · cmn 荷蘭的 /荷兰的 (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · tr Hollandalı (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sv holländsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · az niderland (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · uk нідерла́ндський (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sh hòlandskī (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · co olandese (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · is hollenskur (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ko 네덜란드의 (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · xmf ნიდერლანდური ნინა (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · pap hulandes (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · xmf ჰოლანდიური ნინა (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fy Hollânsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · be нідэрля́ндзкі (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ru нидерла́ндский (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · gur tɩntɩŋ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ka ნიდერლანდური (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sh nȉzozēmskī (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · be гала́ндскі (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sh хо̀ландскӣ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ps هالېنډي (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ia hollandese (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sh ни̏зозе̄мскӣ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · bn ওলন্দাজ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · lv nīderlandisks (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sv nederländsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ca holandès (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · da nederlandsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ota فلمنكلی (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · it olandese (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · mn нидерланд (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · be галя́ндзкі (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hu holland (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · nl Nederlands (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ca neerlandès (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ga Ísiltíreach (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · la nederlandicus (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · nn nederlandsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · km ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · bn ডাচ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · vi Hà Lan (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hi ओलंदेज़ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ru голла́ндский (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · uz golland (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · nb nederlandsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · pt holandês (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · lo ໂຮນລັງ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · th เนเธอร์แลนด์ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · co ulandese (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · uk голла́ндський (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · mk холандски (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · srn bakra (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sl nizozẹ̑mski (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fr hollandais (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ja オランダの (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · es neerlandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ky нидерланд (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · bg хола́ндски (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ca neerlandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · dv ޑަޗު (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · my နယ်သာလန် (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · id Belanda (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hi डच (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · an olandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · br izelvroeg (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ms Belanda (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · af Nederlands (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · th ดัตช์ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · de niederländisch (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · tl Olandes (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ka ჰოლანდიური ენა (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ja 蘭 (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ia nederlandese (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · as ওলন্দাজ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · is niðurlenskur (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · lv nīderlandiešu (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hi ओलंदेजी (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ro olandez (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · el ολλανδικός (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fi hollantilainen (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · pt neerlandês (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · da hollandsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · th ฮอลแลนด์ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · oc olandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · eo nederlanda (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fa هلندی (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · gl holandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · th ฮอลันดา (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fy Nederlânsk (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · lt olandiškas (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · oc neerlandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · tk goland (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · kk голландық (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · es holandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fo niðurlendskur (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sq holandez (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · tg ҳоландӣ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · mn голланд (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hy նիդերլանդական (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · cs holandský (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · fi alankomaalainen (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · uz niderland (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · lt olandų (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · sk holandský (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · kmr holendî (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ka ნიდერლანდური ენა (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hi ओलन्देज़ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hy հոլանդական (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · li Nieëderlandjsj (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · vec olandexe (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ka ჰოლანდიური (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hi ओलन्देज (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · za Hozlanz (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · tt нидерланд (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · acw هُولَنْدِي (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · nds nedderlandsch (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · cs nizozemský (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ar هُولَنْدِيّ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ur ڈچ (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ast neerlandés (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · pms olandèis (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · eu nederlandar (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · hi ओलन्देजी (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ro neerlandez (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · ky голланд (of the Netherlands, people, or language) · vec nederlandexe (of the Netherlands, people, or language)
PIE word
*tewtéh₂
From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu.
Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”).
The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.
Meanings
(dated, uncountable) Synonym of double Dutch (“incomprehensible language or speech”).
“Queer language, that, sir,” said the officer. “It was Dutch to me.”
Now, Max, pray enlighten the company. Why should the murderer write "Italian spoken" over the bed?'
'Obviously to make sure that you shouldn't miss it,' replied Mr Carrados.
'Well,' remarked the sergeant, demonstrating one or two simple exercises in physical drill as a suitable preparation, 'I may as well be going. I don't understand Italian myself. Nor Dutch either,' he added cryptically. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
(collective, plural, plural-only) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.
tl Olandesa (people from the Netherlands) · ru нидерла́ндцы (people from the Netherlands) · ca neerlandesos (people from the Netherlands) · fr Néerlandais (people from the Netherlands) · ko 네덜란드 사람 (people from the Netherlands) · hy նիդերլանդացի (people from the Netherlands) · sh Холанђанка (people from the Netherlands) · nb nederlendere (people from the Netherlands) · es neerlandeses (people from the Netherlands) · fo niðurlendingar (people from the Netherlands) · it olandesi (people from the Netherlands) · co neerlandese (people from the Netherlands) · hi डच (people from the Netherlands) · sh Nizozemkinja (people from the Netherlands) · la Batāvī (people from the Netherlands) · fo niðurlendingur (people from the Netherlands) · pl Holendrzy (people from the Netherlands) · hi ओलंदेज़ (people from the Netherlands) · mr डच (people from the Netherlands) · eu nederlandar (people from the Netherlands) · ia hollandese (people from the Netherlands) · sv nederländare (people from the Netherlands) · nl Nederlanders (people from the Netherlands) · de Niederländer (people from the Netherlands) · vi người Hà Lan (people from the Netherlands) · km ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ (people from the Netherlands) · eu holandar (people from the Netherlands) · br izelvroat (people from the Netherlands) · ca holandés (people from the Netherlands) · sh Низоземац (people from the Netherlands) · ja オランダ人 (people from the Netherlands) · el Ολλανδοί (people from the Netherlands) · sh Holanđanin (people from the Netherlands) · eo nederlandanoj (people from the Netherlands) · ar هُولَنْدِيُّون (people from the Netherlands) · ca neerlandesa (people from the Netherlands) · da hollændere (people from the Netherlands) · an olandesa (people from the Netherlands) · su urang Walanda (people from the Netherlands) · hi ओलंदेज (people from the Netherlands) · ota فلمنكلی (people from the Netherlands) · fy Nederlanner (people from the Netherlands) · tl Olandes (people from the Netherlands) · sk Holanďanka (people from the Netherlands) · cs Holanďané (people from the Netherlands) · pt holandeses (people from the Netherlands) · hi ओलन्देजी (people from the Netherlands) · nb nederlendinger (people from the Netherlands) · sh Nizozemac (people from the Netherlands) · ka ნიდერლანდელები (people from the Netherlands) · mk Холанѓани (people from the Netherlands) · gl holandeses (people from the Netherlands) · ia nederlandese (people from the Netherlands) · km ដាច់ (people from the Netherlands) · fa هلندیها (people from the Netherlands) · bg холандец (people from the Netherlands) · ast neerlandés (people from the Netherlands) · vec olandexe (people from the Netherlands) · ca holandesa (people from the Netherlands) · sv holländare (people from the Netherlands) · pt neerlandeses (people from the Netherlands) · bua нидерландынхид (people from the Netherlands) · tr Hollandalı (people from the Netherlands) · ka ჰოლანდიელები (people from the Netherlands) · nn nederlendingar (people from the Netherlands) · an olandés (people from the Netherlands) · eu herbeheretar (people from the Netherlands) · pms olandèis (people from the Netherlands) · ru голла́ндцы (people from the Netherlands) · ca neerlandés (people from the Netherlands) · cmn 荷蘭人 /荷兰人 (people from the Netherlands) · fi alankomaalaiset (people from the Netherlands) · jv londo (people from the Netherlands) · pl Niderlandczycy (people from the Netherlands) · ko 네덜란드인 (people from the Netherlands) · br nederlandat (people from the Netherlands) · ur ولندیزی (people from the Netherlands) · da hollænder (people from the Netherlands) · gur tɩntɩnsɩ (people from the Netherlands) · de Holländer (people from the Netherlands) · sh Holanđanka (people from the Netherlands) · es holandeses (people from the Netherlands) · nv Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé (people from the Netherlands) · cs Holanďani (people from the Netherlands) · haw Hōlani (people from the Netherlands) · nn nederlendarar (people from the Netherlands) · sk Holanďan (people from the Netherlands) · af Nederlanders (people from the Netherlands) · fy Hollanner (people from the Netherlands) · fi hollantilaiset (people from the Netherlands) · ro olandezi (people from the Netherlands) · hy հոլանդացի (people from the Netherlands) · sh Низоземкиња (people from the Netherlands) · sh Холанђанин (people from the Netherlands) · it neerlandesi (people from the Netherlands) · is Hollendingar (people from the Netherlands) · jv wong Walanda (people from the Netherlands) · hu hollandok (people from the Netherlands) · ar هُولَنْدِيَّات (people from the Netherlands) · fr Hollandais (people from the Netherlands) · hi ओलन्देज (people from the Netherlands) · is Niðurlendingar (people from the Netherlands) · hi ओलन्देज़ (people from the Netherlands) · sl Nizozémci (people from the Netherlands)
PIE word
*tewtéh₂
From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu.
Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”).
The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.
Meanings
The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.
By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. 2001 December 2, Giles Milton, “'The Riddle and the Knight'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022:
For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended. 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 21:
According to this view, Dutch is a descendant of Old (West) Low Franconian and … 2003, Anthony F. Buccini, "Ab errore liberato". The Northern Expansion of Frankish Power in the Merovingian Period and the Genesis of the Dutch Language, in: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik: Band 57 — 2003: Quod vulgo dicitur: Studien zum Altniederländischen, volume edited by Willy Pijnenburg, Arend Quak, Tanneke Schoonheim, here p. 183
(archaic) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).
A male given name, more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name.
cy iseldireg (the Dutch language) · ur ولندیزی (the Dutch language) · hsb nižozemšćina (the Dutch language) · cs nizozemština (the Dutch language) · ny Chidatchi (the Dutch language) · oc neerlandés (the Dutch language) · ka ნიდერლანდური ენა (the Dutch language) · mr डच (the Dutch language) · nl Nederlands (the Dutch language) · de Niederländisch (the Dutch language) · ur ڈچ (the Dutch language) · co neerlandese (the Dutch language) · ja オランダ語 (the Dutch language) · th ภาษาดัตช์ (the Dutch language) · pt holandês (the Dutch language) · sl nizozémščina (the Dutch language) · ms bahasa Belanda (the Dutch language) · srn Bakratongo (the Dutch language) · mk холандски јазик (the Dutch language) · ne डच (the Dutch language) · ota فلمنكجه (the Dutch language) · dsb nižozemšćina (the Dutch language) · gl lingua neerlandesa (the Dutch language) · os Нидерландаг ӕвзаг (the Dutch language) · gu ડચ (the Dutch language) · arn olanda dungun (the Dutch language) · es holandés (the Dutch language) · st Se-dutch (the Dutch language) · tl Olandes (the Dutch language) · co ulandese (the Dutch language) · sh nizozemski (the Dutch language) · dv ޑަޗު (the Dutch language) · az Niderland dili (the Dutch language) · ca holandés (the Dutch language) · br nederlandeg (the Dutch language) · ia nederlandese (the Dutch language) · fa هلندی (the Dutch language) · scn lingua ulannisa (the Dutch language) · lb Hollännesch (the Dutch language) · cs holandština (the Dutch language) · crh Felâmenk tili (the Dutch language) · wa Neyerlandès (the Dutch language) · fi hollanti (the Dutch language) · pap hulandes (the Dutch language) · ia hollandese (the Dutch language) · pl (język) niderlandzki (the Dutch language) · ka ჰოლანდიური ენა (the Dutch language) · es neerlandés (the Dutch language) · ca neerlandès (the Dutch language) · co olandese (the Dutch language) · ca holandès (the Dutch language) · lv nīderlandiešu (the Dutch language) · lv nīderlandiešu valoda (the Dutch language) · ar هُولَنْدِيَّة (the Dutch language) · lb Nidderlännesch (the Dutch language) · ja 蘭語 (the Dutch language) · ast holandés (the Dutch language) · be гала́ндская мо́ва (the Dutch language) · it olandese (the Dutch language) · ko 네덜란드어 (the Dutch language) · la batavice (the Dutch language) · km ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ (the Dutch language) · pt batavo (the Dutch language) · uz niderlandcha (the Dutch language) · acw هُولَنْدِي (the Dutch language) · ta டச்சு மொழி (the Dutch language) · as ওলন্দাজ ভাষা (the Dutch language) · lt olandų kalba (the Dutch language) · da nederlandsk (the Dutch language) · lij lengua olandeise (the Dutch language) · hy նիդերլանդերեն (the Dutch language) · co nederlandese (the Dutch language) · gl holandés (the Dutch language) · pl (język) holenderski (the Dutch language) · fo hálendskt (the Dutch language) · kk нидерланд тілі (the Dutch language) · kmr holendî (the Dutch language) · he הולנדית (the Dutch language) · nds-de Nedderlandsch (the Dutch language) · sv nederländska (the Dutch language) · pms neerlandèis (the Dutch language) · gsw Niederländisch (the Dutch language) · fy Nederlânsk (the Dutch language) · ca neerlandés (the Dutch language) · fy Hollânsk (the Dutch language) · sv holländska (the Dutch language) · li Nederlands (the Dutch language) · se Hollánddagiella (the Dutch language) · tr Hollandaca (the Dutch language) · br izelvroeg (the Dutch language) · kk нидерландша (the Dutch language) · ti ዳች (the Dutch language) · vec łéngua ołandexe (the Dutch language) · nn nederlandsk (the Dutch language) · ru нидерла́ндский (the Dutch language) · nv Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé bizaad (the Dutch language) · ln Lifalamá (the Dutch language) · ro limba olandeză (the Dutch language) · ti ሆላንድኛ (the Dutch language) · bg холандски (the Dutch language) · gv Ollanish (the Dutch language) · nb nederlandsk (the Dutch language) · srn wetimantongo (the Dutch language) · uk нідерла́ндська (the Dutch language) · gur tɩntɩnnɛ (the Dutch language) · hy հոլանդերեն (the Dutch language) · pms olandèis (the Dutch language) · ru голла́ндский (the Dutch language) · fo niðurlendskt (the Dutch language) · io Nederlandana (the Dutch language) · ro olandeză (the Dutch language) · kw iseldiryek (the Dutch language) · sq gjuha holandeze (the Dutch language) · uk голла́ндська (the Dutch language) · el ολλανδικά (the Dutch language) · ga Ísiltíris (the Dutch language) · nrf Hollandais (the Dutch language) · cmn 荷蘭語 /荷兰语 (the Dutch language) · it nederlandese (the Dutch language) · qu Urasuyu simi (the Dutch language) · chr ᏁᏓᎳ (the Dutch language) · sw Kiholanzi (the Dutch language) · nan-hbl 荷蘭語 /荷兰语 (the Dutch language) · de Holländisch (the Dutch language) · ga Ollainnis (the Dutch language) · ro neerlandeză (the Dutch language) · pms lenga neerlandèisa (the Dutch language) · nan-hbl 和蘭語 /和兰语 (the Dutch language) · hu holland (the Dutch language) · sco Dutch leid (the Dutch language) · sk holandčina (the Dutch language) · da hollandsk (the Dutch language) · et hollandi (the Dutch language) · sh низоземски (the Dutch language) · sh holandski (the Dutch language) · id bahasa Belanda (the Dutch language) · yi האָלענדיש (the Dutch language) · map-bms Basa Landa (the Dutch language) · fr néerlandais (the Dutch language) · oc holandés (the Dutch language) · eu nederlandera (the Dutch language) · vi tiếng Hà Lan (the Dutch language) · pap idioma hulandes (the Dutch language) · pms lenga olandèisa (the Dutch language) · iu ᐦᐅᓚᓐᑎᑐᑦ (the Dutch language) · hak 荷蘭語 /荷兰语 (the Dutch language) · be гала́ндская (the Dutch language) · pt neerlandês (the Dutch language) · af Nederlands (the Dutch language) · ast neerlandés (the Dutch language) · hi डच (the Dutch language) · vo Nedänapük (the Dutch language) · is hollenska (the Dutch language) · io Nederlandana linguo (the Dutch language) · an olandés (the Dutch language) · la nederlandice (the Dutch language) · fr hollandais (the Dutch language) · sh холандски (the Dutch language) · sh nizozemski jezik (the Dutch language) · zu IsiHolandi (the Dutch language) · eo nederlanda (the Dutch language) · ak Dɛɛkye (the Dutch language)
PIE word
*tewtéh₂
From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu.
Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”).
The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.
Meanings
To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.
Dutch processed is made from cocoa beans that have been treated with an alkalized solution. You'll get a deeper color and a great chocolaty flavor, but more importantly, the process of Dutching the chocolate renders the powder neutral. 2015, Deb Wise, Incredibly Decadent Desserts: 100 Divine Treats Under 300 Calories: