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The word Dutch when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. Most, if not all, of these meanings are in reference to the European country the Netherlands, its people, or its culture.
The term Dutch, when used by itself can refer to:
Dutch is often confused with DeutschDeutsch is: the German word for German a misspelling of the word Dutch One of the three cognates of medieval Dietsch David Deutsch Otto Erich Deutsch, who listed all of Schuberts works in a catalogue: by extension Deutsch or D can refer to the catalogue i, the German word for GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union.. English Dutch, German Deutsch, and Dutch DietschDietsch Diets in modern Dutch) is a term used to distinguish the southern dialects in the Middle Dutch language. In linguistics usage, when distinguishing between southern and northern dialects in the Middle Dutch language, Diets meant southern language u are actually variations of the same word. In English, Dutch used to be a generic term to refer to Netherlanders and Germans alike. This is why the German immigrants to Pennsylvania are also called the Pennsylvania Dutch. The same problem happens with the Dutch words dietschDietsch Diets in modern Dutch) is a term used to distinguish the southern dialects in the Middle Dutch language. In linguistics usage, when distinguishing between southern and northern dialects in the Middle Dutch language, Diets meant southern language u, diets and duits. Today, the English word only refers to the Netherlands.
The label Dutch is found in a number of terms and expressions:
- Double dutchIn English slang, talking double-dutch or Double Dutch means talking apparent nonsense or in a confusing and contradictory way. The term may be used to describe a speech or policy statement so inconsistent or difficult to follow that a hearer/reader might
- Dutch auctionAn auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. In economic theory an auction is a method for determining the value of a commodity that has an undetermined o
- Dutch bookIn gambling a Dutch book or lock is a set of odds and bets which guarantees a profit, no matter what the outcome of the gamble. It is associated with probabilities implied by the odds not being coherent. One example is where a bookmaker has offered odds a
- Dutch courage
- Dutch disease
- Dutch door
- Dutch elm disease
- Dutch oven
- Dutch process chocolate
- Dutch uncle
- going Dutch
- Pennsylvania Dutch
Several of these are derogatory terms which have traditionally been explained as resulting from the 17th-century Anglo-Dutch Wars, but are now understood to have originated earlier.
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