The West Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands and parts of Belgium and Suriname.
She practiced her Dutch every evening before moving to Rotterdam.
The course promises to teach basic Dutch in ten weeks.
✦ Same origin as the adjective; first recorded as the name of the language in English in the 14th century.
Relating to the Netherlands, its people, or its language.
He decorated his house with bright Dutch tulips.
The museum holds a famous collection of Dutch paintings.
✦ From Middle Dutch Duytsch, meaning ‘of the people’, later narrowed to refer specifically to the Netherlands.
The people of the Netherlands considered as a nation or ethnic group.
The Dutch are known for their love of cycling.
In 17th-century trade, the Dutch competed fiercely with the English.
✦ From the same root as the adjective; used since Old English to refer to Germanic peoples, later restricted to the inhabitants of the Netherlands.
