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1) ADJ Dutch means belonging or relating to the Netherlands, or to its people, language, or culture.

...the Dutch prime minister.

2) N-PLURAL: the N The Dutch are the people of the Netherlands.

The Dutch developed a custom by which children put out shoes which Saint Nicholas would fill with gifts when he came visiting.

3) N-UNCOUNT Dutch is the language that is spoken by the people who live in the Netherlands.
4) PHRASE: V inflects If two or more people go Dutch, each of them pays their own bill, for example in a restaurant. [INFORMAL]

We went Dutch on a meal in the new restaurant in Shaftesbury Avenue.


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