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Dutch is used as the adjective for the Netherlands, as well as the demonym. The origins of the word go back to Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, Latinised into Theodiscus, meaning "popular" or "of the people", akin to Old Dutch Dietsch or Old English þeodisc, meaning "(of) the common people". [46]
English is one of the only languages to use the adjective Dutch for the language of the Netherlands and Flanders. Its connection to the vernacular can be traced back to the Early Medieval Latin term Theodiscus, meaning 'of the people' or 'popular language.'
In the Dutch Golden Age, spanning most of the 17th century, Dutch trade, science, military, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world, and many English words of Dutch origin concerning these areas are stemming from this period. English and Dutch rivalry at sea resulted in many Dutch naval terms in English.
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, a 1999 biography with fictional elements by Edmund Morris; Dutch, the magazine, an English-language magazine about the Netherlands and the Dutch; Dutching, a gambling term that signifies betting on more than one outcome; Dutch, an American trip-hop duo that released the 2010 album A Bright Cold Day
A popular but erroneous folk etymology holds that Holland is derived from hol land ('hollow land' in Dutch), purportedly inspired by the low-lying geography of the land. [8] "Holland" is informally used in English and other languages, including sometimes the Dutch language itself, to mean the whole of the modern country of the Netherlands. [5]
Spanish Netherlands, the lands belonging to the Spanish Empire (1556–1581/1713) The Northern Netherlands, succession from the Spanish Netherlands to form the Dutch Republic (1581–1794) The Southern Netherlands, the lands in the southern part, remaining under Spanish control (1581–1713) Later the Austrian Netherlands (1713–1794)
Conversely, Dutch contributed many loanwords to English, accounting for 1.3% of its lexicon. [135] The main Dutch dictionary is the Van Dale groot woordenboek der Nederlandse taal, which contains some 268,826 headwords. [136] In the field of linguistics, the 45,000-page Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal is also widely used.
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