Meanings
nounDutchness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality or characteristic of being Dutch.
Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch.
2009, Hans Krabbendam, Cornelis A. van Minnen, Giles Scott-Smith, Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009, page 238
Origin
Translations
Bengali ওলন্দাজিয়ানা
- ওলন্দাজিয়ানা (olôndaziẏana)quality or characteristic of being Dutch
Danish hollandskhed
- hollandskhedquality or characteristic of being Dutch
Dutch Nederlandsheid
- Nederlandsheidquality or characteristic of being Dutch
Esperanto nederlandeco
- nederlandecoquality or characteristic of being Dutch
Finnish alankomaalaisuus, hollantilaisuus
- alankomaalaisuusquality or characteristic of being Dutch
- hollantilaisuusquality or characteristic of being Dutch
French néerlandité, néerlandicité
- néerlanditéquality or characteristic of being Dutch
- néerlandicitéquality or characteristic of being Dutch
Italian olandesità
- olandesitàquality or characteristic of being Dutch
Russian голландскость
- голландскость (gollandskostʹ)quality or characteristic of being Dutch
Cite this entry
APA
Dutchness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutchness
MLA
“Dutchness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutchness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dutchness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutchness.
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