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dutchman | german |

As a noun dutchman

is (carpentry|masonry) a piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.

As a proper noun german is

a german, teuton.

dutchman

English

Noun

(Dutchmen)
  • A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
  • A person of Dutch descent
  • A German
  • (South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A white Afrikaner.
  • * 1990 , Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams (page 54)
    • the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen . Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.

    See also

    * Dutchwoman

    Derived terms

    * Dutchman's breeches * Dutchman's laudanum * Dutchman's pipe * Flying Dutchman

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • 2003 Bradley, James Flyboys . New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 8:
  • :* President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].
    • English nouns with irregular plurals

    german

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation):

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
  • A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
  • A member of a Germanic tribe.
    • Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

    Synonyms

    * (member of the German ethnic group) Teuton * (member of the German ethnic group) Boche, Fritz, Hun, Jerry, Kraut (qualifier)

    Hypernyms

    * European

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg and a small part of Belgium.
    • German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.

    Synonyms

    * (language) High German

    See also

    * (de) * Language list *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
  • * 2001 , Donald L. Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany (ISBN 0765806924), page 31:
    • In Prussia, always the most progressive of the German states during the Weimar years and a stronghold of the two parties, Jews could be found in virtually all administrative departments .
  • Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
    • Her German husband has blond hair.
  • Of, in or relating to the German language.
    • We take German classes twice a week.
    Because the instructions were German , Yves couldn't read them.

    Synonyms

    * Teutonic

    Statistics

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    External links

    * Leo's German - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/home_e.html Department of Informatics of Technische Universität München *

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