Meaning and Origin
What does the name Dutch mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Ireland says the name Dutch is of Dutch origin and means "The nationality of people from The Netherlands".
Note: ☞ Dutch was formerly used for German.
Etymology: D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. peód, OS. thiod thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick Teutonic
- pl.The people of Holland; Dutchmen.
- The language spoken in Holland.
- The West Germanic language of the Netherlands
- The people of the Netherlands ("the Dutch are famous for their tulips")
- Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture ("Dutch painting" and "Dutch painters")
From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, duutsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
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 main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium).
- (archaic) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).
- (collective) The people of the Netherlands.
- The will vote on the matter next month.
- (South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch)
- (collective) The Pennsylvania Dutch people,