Dutch
Pronunciation: /dʌtʃ/
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Definition of Dutch
adjective
noun
Dutch belongs to the West Germanic branch of Indo-European languages and is most closely related to German and English. It is also the official language of Suriname and is spoken in northern Belgium, where it is called Flemish
Origin:
from Middle Dutch dutsch 'Dutch, Netherlandish, German': the English word originally denoted speakers of both High and Low German, but became more specific after the United Provinces adopted the Low German of Holland as the national language on independence in 1579