Definition of: Dutch

(duch) adjective
1. Belonging or relating to, or characteristic of the Netherlands or its people.
2. Archaic Belonging or relating to the Teutonic or German peoples.
3. Slang German: A humorous or derogatory use.
—noun
1. The people of the Netherlands: with the.
2. Slang The Germans: with the.
3. The Low German, West Germanic language of the Netherlands. Abbr. Du.
—Middle Dutch The pre-Reformation, literary language of Flanders, Brabant, and Limburg. Abbr. MDu.
—to beat the Dutch Slang
1. To exceed in causing surprise; surpass in strangeness.
2. To overcome stubborn resistance.
3. Excessively; extremely: adverbial use.
—to get in Dutch Slang To incur disapproval.
—to go Dutch U.S. Colloq. To have each participant pay his own expenses.
—to talk like a Dutch uncle To talk with severity and kindness at the same time. [<MDu. dutsch Germanic, Dutch]