DUTCH

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English Duch, from Middle ~ duutsch; akin to Old High German diutisc German, Old English thēod nation, Gothic thiudisko as a gentile, thiuda people, Oscan touto city Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or in any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries, of, relating to, or in the ~ of the Netherlands, 2. of or relating to the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries, of or relating to the Netherlands or its inhabitants, german II, of or relating to the Pennsylvania ~ or their language, ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries, german 3, the Germanic language of the Netherlands and Belgium, 2. ~ plural the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries, germans 2a, b, the people of the Netherlands, Pennsylvania ~ , dander , disfavor , trouble