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Original entry ↗Synonym of double Dutch (“incomprehensible language or speech”).
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. · 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. · Substitute, inferior, ersatz. · Thrifty.
The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. · Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch). · The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor.
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. The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.
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- Derivation mentionDuchenm
- Derivation mentiondütschgml
- Derivation mentiondutschdum
- Derivation mention*þiudiskgmw-pro
- Derivation mention*þiudiskazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*tewtéh₂ine-pro
- Doublet mentionDeutschen
- Doublet mentionDoitsuen
- Cognate mentionthedischenm · native, endemic
- Cognate mentionþēodisċang
- Cognate mentionthiudiskosx
- Cognate mentiondiutiscgoh
- Cognate mentiondeutschde
- Cognate mentionDuitsnl
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