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Netherdutch

UK/ˈnɛðədʌt͡ʃ/US/ˈnɛðɚdʌt͡ʃ/

Netherdutch adjective: dutch, pertaining to the Dutch language.

Adjective

Netherdutch (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Dutch, pertaining to the Dutch language
  2. (obsolete, uncommon) Dutch, pertaining to the Netherlands or to Dutch people

Proper noun

Netherdutch

  1. (obsolete, uncommon) Low German
    • But I have a deadly hatred of sch generally for a clumsy and newfangled corruption—it is either the older sc-, or it is the High Dutch way of pronouncing s followed by a consonant, … The Nether Dutch of Germany hasn't got it at all except as the representative of sc-, and that of Holland has kept...letter by Strangford, in: Ten Letters to E. A. Freeman, Esq., in: 1878, Original Letters and Papers of the Late Viscount Strangford upon Philological and Kindred Subjects. Edited by Viscountess...
    • The truth is that the Nether-Dutch of the European mainland and the Nether-Dutch—that is, the English—of Britain and America have long ceased to be mutually intelligible, but that they can again become mutually intelligible under certain circumstances. [...]. I know by experience that, in the city...1882, Edward A. Freeman, Lectures to American Audiences. I. The English People in its three Homes. II. The practical Bearings of general European History., Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, page 75

Antonyms of Netherdutch

Forms of Netherdutch

alternative formNether-Dutch
alternative formNether Dutch

Origin of Netherdutch

From nether- + Dutch, probably a calque of Dutch Nederduitsch (modern: Nederduits) or a calque of German Niederdeutsch.

Questions about Netherdutch

What does Netherdutch mean?
Netherdutch means dutch, pertaining to the Dutch language.
What part of speech is Netherdutch?
Netherdutch can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Netherdutch?
Netherdutch is pronounced /ˈnɛðədʌt͡ʃ/ (UK).

Words near Netherdutch in the dictionary

  1. Nethercotes
  2. Nethercott
  3. Nethercotts
  4. Netherdale
  5. netherdom
  6. Netherdutch
  7. nethered
  8. Netherexe
  9. Netherfield
  10. netherfront
  11. netherfronts

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