/ dʌtʃ; NAmE / adjective
of or connected with the Netherlands, its people or its language
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IDIOMS
- go Dutch (with sb)
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WORD ORIGIN
from Middle Dutch dutsch Dutch, Netherlandish, German: the English word originally denoted speakers of both High and Low German, but became more specific after the United Provinces adopted the Low German of Holland as the national language on independence in 1579.