Since neither one of us could afford to take the other to the movies, we went Dutch.
Source: tatoeba (23453)
Dutch
/dʌt͡ʃ/
Synonyms for "dutch" (44 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Adjective(4 words)
dutch groepdutch molecuuldutch tekendutch vinger
Noun(9 words)
dutch peopledutch persondutch rekenendutch schriftdutch tongdutch validerendutch veranderendutch waterwaydutchman
Related words (22)
Noun(11 words)
dutchwomanmore dutch waternetherlandernetherlandishnetherlandish languageoblique shotresource curseskewed anglethe dutchtilted anglewife
Adjective(4 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: dutch language, anger, art, cultural dutchness, dutch canal waters.
- Sentence evidence is available for dutch, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "dutch".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "dutch"
Keep "dutch" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "dutch" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "dutch", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "dutch" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
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Collocations
10 entriesDutch cuisineDutch cultureDutch economyDutch geographyDutch heritageDutch languageDutch policyDutch pronunciationStandard Dutchthe Dutch
Derivations
4 entriesTranslations
161 translations across 110 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Nederlands name (the Dutch language)
Akan
1 entries- Dɛɛkye name (the Dutch language)
Albanian
1 entries- gjuha holandeze name (the Dutch language)
Arabic
2 entries- هُولَنْدِي name (the Dutch language)
- هُولَنْدِيَّة name (the Dutch language)
Aragonese
1 entries- olandés name (the Dutch language)
Armenian
2 entries- հոլանդերեն name (the Dutch language)
- նիդերլանդերեն name (the Dutch language)
Assamese
1 entries- ওলন্দাজ ভাষা name (the Dutch language)
Asturian
2 entries- holandés name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandés name (the Dutch language)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Niderland dili name (the Dutch language)
Banyumasan
1 entries- Basa Landa name (the Dutch language)
Basque
1 entries- nederlandera name (the Dutch language)
Belarusian
2 entries- гала́ндская name (the Dutch language)
- гала́ндская мо́ва name (the Dutch language)
Breton
2 entries- izelvroeg name (the Dutch language)
- nederlandeg name (the Dutch language)
Bulgarian
1 entries- холандски name (the Dutch language)
Catalan
4 entries- holandès name (the Dutch language)
- holandés name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandès name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandés name (the Dutch language)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏁᏓᎳ name (the Dutch language)
Chichewa
1 entries- Chidatchi name (the Dutch language)
Chinese
2 entries- 和蘭語 /和兰语 name (the Dutch language)
- 荷蘭語 /荷兰语 name (the Dutch language)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 荷蘭語 /荷兰语 name (the Dutch language)
Cornish
1 entries- iseldiryek name (the Dutch language)
Corsican
4 entries- nederlandese name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandese name (the Dutch language)
- olandese name (the Dutch language)
- ulandese name (the Dutch language)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- Felâmenk tili name (the Dutch language)
Czech
2 entries- holandština name (the Dutch language)
- nizozemština name (the Dutch language)
Danish
2 entries- hollandsk name (the Dutch language)
- nederlandsk name (the Dutch language)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ޑަޗު name (the Dutch language)
Dutch
1 entries- Nederlands name (the Dutch language)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- Nederlaands name (the Dutch language)
Esperanto
1 entries- nederlanda name (the Dutch language)
Estonian
1 entries- hollandi name (the Dutch language)
Farefare
1 entries- tɩntɩnnɛ name (the Dutch language)
Faroese
2 entries- hálendskt name (the Dutch language)
- niðurlendskt name (the Dutch language)
Finnish
1 entries- hollanti name (the Dutch language)
French
2 entries- hollandais name (the Dutch language)
- néerlandais name (the Dutch language)
Galician
2 entries- holandés name (the Dutch language)
- lingua neerlandesa name (the Dutch language)
Georgian
2 entries- ნიდერლანდური ენა name (the Dutch language)
- ჰოლანდიური ენა name (the Dutch language)
German
3 entries- Holländisch name (the Dutch language)
- Niederländisch name (the Dutch language)
- Niederländisch name (the Dutch language)
Greek
1 entries- ολλανδικά name (the Dutch language)
Gujarati
1 entries- ડચ name (the Dutch language)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 荷蘭語 /荷兰语 name (the Dutch language)
Hebrew
1 entries- הולנדית name (the Dutch language)
Hindi
1 entries- डच name (the Dutch language)
Hungarian
1 entries- holland name (the Dutch language)
Icelandic
1 entries- hollenska name (the Dutch language)
Ido
2 entries- Nederlandana name (the Dutch language)
- Nederlandana linguo name (the Dutch language)
Indonesian
1 entries- bahasa Belanda name (the Dutch language)
Interlingua
2 entries- hollandese name (the Dutch language)
- nederlandese name (the Dutch language)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐦᐅᓚᓐᑎᑐᑦ name (the Dutch language)
Irish
2 entries- Ollainnis name (the Dutch language)
- Ísiltíris name (the Dutch language)
Italian
2 entries- nederlandese name (the Dutch language)
- olandese name (the Dutch language)
Japanese
2 entries- オランダ語 name (the Dutch language)
- 蘭語 name (the Dutch language)
Kazakh
2 entries- нидерланд тілі name (the Dutch language)
- нидерландша name (the Dutch language)
Khmer
1 entries- ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ name (the Dutch language)
Korean
1 entries- 네덜란드어 name (the Dutch language)
Latin
2 entries- batavice name (the Dutch language)
- nederlandice name (the Dutch language)
Latvian
2 entries- nīderlandiešu name (the Dutch language)
- nīderlandiešu valoda name (the Dutch language)
Ligurian
1 entries- lengua olandeise name (the Dutch language)
Limburgish
1 entries- Nederlands name (the Dutch language)
Lingala
1 entries- Lifalamá name (the Dutch language)
Lithuanian
1 entries- olandų kalba name (the Dutch language)
Low German
1 entries- Nedderlandsch name (the Dutch language)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Hollännesch name (the Dutch language)
- Nidderlännesch name (the Dutch language)
Macedonian
1 entries- холандски јазик name (the Dutch language)
Malay
1 entries- bahasa Belanda name (the Dutch language)
Manx
1 entries- Ollanish name (the Dutch language)
Mapudungun
1 entries- olanda dungun name (the Dutch language)
Marathi
1 entries- डच name (the Dutch language)
Navajo
1 entries- Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé bizaad name (the Dutch language)
Nepali
1 entries- डच name (the Dutch language)
Norman
1 entries- Hollandais name (the Dutch language)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- holendî name (the Dutch language)
Northern Sami
1 entries- Hollánddagiella name (the Dutch language)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nederlandsk name (the Dutch language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nederlandsk name (the Dutch language)
Occitan
2 entries- holandés name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandés name (the Dutch language)
Ossetian
1 entries- Нидерландаг ӕвзаг name (the Dutch language)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فلمنكجه name (the Dutch language)
Papiamentu
2 entries- hulandes name (the Dutch language)
- idioma hulandes name (the Dutch language)
Persian
1 entries- هلندی name (the Dutch language)
Piedmontese
4 entries- lenga neerlandèisa name (the Dutch language)
- lenga olandèisa name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandèis name (the Dutch language)
- olandèis name (the Dutch language)
Polish
2 entries- (język) holenderski name (the Dutch language)
- (język) niderlandzki name (the Dutch language)
Portuguese
3 entries- batavo name (the Dutch language)
- holandês name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandês name (the Dutch language)
Quechua
1 entries- Urasuyu simi name (the Dutch language)
Romanian
3 entries- limba olandeză name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandeză name (the Dutch language)
- olandeză name (the Dutch language)
Russian
2 entries- голла́ндский name (the Dutch language)
- нидерла́ндский name (the Dutch language)
Scots
1 entries- Dutch leid name (the Dutch language)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- holandski name (the Dutch language)
- nizozemski name (the Dutch language)
- nizozemski jezik name (the Dutch language)
- низоземски name (the Dutch language)
Sicilian
1 entries- lingua ulannisa name (the Dutch language)
Slovak
1 entries- holandčina name (the Dutch language)
Slovene
1 entries- nizozémščina name (the Dutch language)
Sotho
1 entries- Se-dutch name (the Dutch language)
Spanish
2 entries- holandés name (the Dutch language)
- neerlandés name (the Dutch language)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- Bakratongo name (the Dutch language)
- wetimantongo name (the Dutch language)
Swahili
1 entries- Kiholanzi name (the Dutch language)
Swedish
2 entries- holländska name (the Dutch language)
- nederländska name (the Dutch language)
Tagalog
1 entries- Olandes name (the Dutch language)
Tamil
1 entries- டச்சு மொழி name (the Dutch language)
Thai
1 entries- ภาษาดัตช์ name (the Dutch language)
Tigrinya
2 entries- ሆላንድኛ name (the Dutch language)
- ዳች name (the Dutch language)
Turkish
1 entries- Hollandaca name (the Dutch language)
Ukrainian
2 entries- голла́ндська name (the Dutch language)
- нідерла́ндська name (the Dutch language)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- nižozemšćina name (the Dutch language)
Urdu
2 entries- ولندیزی name (the Dutch language)
- ڈچ name (the Dutch language)
Venetan
1 entries- łéngua ołandexe name (the Dutch language)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiếng Hà Lan name (the Dutch language)
Volapük
1 entries- Nedänapük name (the Dutch language)
Walloon
1 entries- Neyerlandès name (the Dutch language)
Welsh
1 entries- iseldireg name (the Dutch language)
West-Frisian
2 entries- Hollânsk name (the Dutch language)
- Nederlânsk name (the Dutch language)
Yiddish
1 entries- האָלענדיש name (the Dutch language)
Zulu
1 entries- IsiHolandi name (the Dutch language)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The painting is the work of a Dutch master.
Source: tatoeba (48982)
Potatoes were introduced by the Dutch from Jakarta.
Source: tatoeba (53186)
This may beat the Dutch.
Source: tatoeba (55544)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "dutch"?
Closest matches include dutch language, anger, art, cultural dutchness, dutch canal waters.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "dutch"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.