Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - dutch

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English Duch, from Middle ~ duutsch; akin to Old High German diutisc German, Old English theod nation, Gothic thiudisko as a gentile, thiuda people, Oscan touto city  Date: 14th century  1.  a. archaic of, relating to, or in any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries  b. of, relating to, or in the ~ of the Netherlands  2.  a. archaic of or relating to the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries  b. of or relating to the Netherlands or its inhabitants  c. german II  3. of or relating to the Pennsylvania ~ or their language  • ~ly adverb  II. noun  Date: 14th century  1.  a. archaic  (1) any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries  (2) german 3  b. the Germanic language of the Netherlands and Belgium  2. ~ plural  a. archaic the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries  b. germans 2a, b  c. the people of the Netherlands  3. Pennsylvania ~  4. dander her ~ is up  5. disfavor, trouble in ~ with the boss DUTCH  adverb  Usage: often capitalized  Date: 1914 with each person paying his or her own way went ~ to the movies