What does "netherlandish" mean?

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands.

What is a synonym for "netherlandish"?

Common synonyms include: dutch, dutch.

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands. not-comparable
"Even more strikingly assumptive of a Low Countries context is Article 12's prescription that any guild brother who maimed another 'shall compownde with' and 'recompense and satisfy' the person whom he hurt. Composition or settlement of interpersonal wrongs by money compensation, rather than state prosecution, was common in much of Europe, including in Netherlandish cities."

Proper Noun

1
The Dutch language.
"It has been said that Old English is Dutch, and to no other nation is the study of the Netherlandish more interesting than to the English."

"It has been said that Old English is Dutch, and to no other nation is the study of the Netherlandish more interesting than to the English."

From Netherland + -ish. Compare Netherlandic, which is used mainly in linguistics.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.