Dutch: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Dutch refers to the Netherlands, the Dutch language, and the Dutch people.

• In an archaic sense, continental West-Germanic language speakers.

Related to The Netherlands

• Dutch Golden Age painting, or a reference to the "Dutch Masters", a group of artists during that period
• Dutch colonial, an architectural style found in northern America
• Cape Dutch, the early European inhabitants of the Western Cape (South Africa) between the 17th and 19th centuries
• Cape Dutch architecture, an architectural style found in South Africa
• Dutch auction, an auction system
• As a remnant from the Anglo-Dutch wars, the term "Dutch" is occasionally used in some common phrases based on stereotypes in English:
  • Going Dutch, to split the cost of a purchase, usually a meal, evenly between several parties.
  • Dutch courage, courage from intoxication.

See Netherlands (terminology) for more information on the confusion about 'Dutch' and the 'Netherlands'.

People

• A nickname of Ronald Reagan, the 40th United States President
  • Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, a book written in 1999 by Edmund Morris about the life of Ronald Reagan
• Dutch Schultz, a notorious mobster.

Fictional

• Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, a fictional Special Forces operative played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the Movie Predator
• Dutch, a protagonist in the manga and anime series Black Lagoon.

Other

• Pennsylvania Dutch, a name for the German immigrants to Pennsylvania who came prior to 1800, including Plain sects Amish communities, coming from the German word for 'German'; 'Deutsch'.
• The chess opening Dutch Defence
• Dutch process chocolate
• Dutch Gold, a popular beer in the Republic of Ireland
• In film, a Dutch angle is a severely tilted camera angle, commonly used to give a sense of psychological uneasiness or tension.
• Dutch (film), a 1991 comedy/drama film
• Dutch Masters (cigar), often referred to as a "Dutch" in drug culture
• Dutch, hiphop slang that refers to marijuana (as in: "pass that Dutch").
• Dutch, an alias used by electronic music producer Jesse Houk (better known as The Scumfrog)
• Dutching, a method of sharing the risk of losing in gambling
• Dutch book, a method of guaranteeing a profit in gambling