Slangora

Black Dutch

A Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry.

ˈblæk ˈdʌt͡ʃ202 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
3 definitions
Community

Definitions

#1·Apr 27, 2026

A Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry.

1997 March, James Pylant, "In Search of the Black Dutch", American Genealogy Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 1:
Was this helpful?

Comments

#2·Apr 27, 2026

(US, obsolete, _, or, _, historical) A person passing for such a European, especially Native Americans or people from multiracial families.

: The same usage still prevails among the vulgar as in the phrases, 'black Irish', 'black Dutch', describing certain well known types of Celts and Teutons (Hollanders, probably), differing widely from the prevailing type of either race i…
Was this helpful?

Comments

Offensive
#3·Apr 27, 2026

(US, obsolete, _, or, _, historical) A European with dark hair, eyes, and skin, especially one from or claiming to be from Germany or the Netherlands, sometimes (pejorative, ethnic slur) with disparaging racial overtones.

Origin: In reference to Germans, a mangled calque of black Germans under influence from Dutch. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Was this helpful?

Comments

Have a better definition?

Add your own interpretation of "Black Dutch".

Add definition

⚡About Tech, Dev & AI slang

The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.

See all Tech, Dev & AI slang on Slangora.

Tags

Other words near "Black Dutch" (B)

Browse all slang words starting with B.

Related terms

People also read

Semantically related