Dutch
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
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A cruise ship with nearly 150 people remains stranded off Cape Verde after three passengers died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak. The Dutch vessel was on a polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica when the rare ro…
Dutch manufacturing prices rebound on higher crude oil in March https://www.europesays.com/2966991/ Manufacturing output prices in the Netherlands increased 1.4 per cent year on year (YoY) in March 2026, reversing…
Europe’s laws ‘ill-equipped’ to deal with superhacking AI, lawmakers warn – POLITICO https://www.europesays.com/europe/31581/ “Europe is not at the table,” said Bart Groothuis, a Dutch liberal lawmaker and one of th…
by far the weirdest thing to happen on my holiday occurred at the hague. my friend took me for a day trip to show me around, and as we were taking pics an american approached us and asked if we lived there. I pointed…
Desiree Dolron is a Dutch photographer and filmmaker. Her oeuvre ranges from documentary photography and still lifes to portraiture and film. www.desireedolron.com
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Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
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(obsolete, fossil word, pejorative) Substitute, inferior, ersatz.
“A cruise ship with nearly 150 people remains stranded off Cape Verde after three passengers died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak. The Dutch vessel was on a polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica when the rare rodent-borne illness struck.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“by far the weirdest thing to happen on my holiday occurred at the hague. my friend took me for a day trip to show me around, and as we were taking pics an american approached us and asked if we lived there. I pointed to my friend, also american (for now) but is fluent in dutch.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Supermarket challenger Upfront opens its second location https://www.europesays.com/netherlands/8593/ Following a successful debut, the Dutch supermarket chain Upfront is opening a second store in Rotterdam. The concept…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“22 year old dutch boy, gooning all day, but finally shows his respect where respect is due. Good boy! You wanna see more of this one, guys?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What examples of metathesis do you know? Metathesis is the transposition of a letter or a syllable within a word. The definition is broader than this, I'm talking about local metathesis. For example, compare: vers and fris (Dutch) fresh (English), frais (French), frisch (German)”
— r/etymology· Apr 2026
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(archaic, fossil word) Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic.
“Dutch manufacturing prices rebound on higher crude oil in March https://www.europesays.com/2966991/ Manufacturing output prices in the Netherlands increased 1.4 per cent year on year (YoY) in March 2026, reversing…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Europe’s laws ‘ill-equipped’ to deal with superhacking AI, lawmakers warn – POLITICO https://www.europesays.com/europe/31581/ “Europe is not at the table,” said Bart Groothuis, a Dutch liberal lawmaker and one of the letter’s…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Desiree Dolron is a Dutch photographer and filmmaker. Her oeuvre ranges from documentary photography and still lifes to portraiture and film. www.desireedolron.com”
— Bluesky· May 2026“G & M - Scarborough Fair [Netherlands, Folk, Lo-fi] (19??) found a demo tape of a Dutch folk duo containing haunting Simon & Garfunkel covers https://redd.it/ddosuk https://youtu.be/RqsD9Sb4FP4”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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