bedutch

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verb

To Germanise.

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Meanings

verbbedutch (third-person singular simple present bedutches, present participle bedutching, simple past and past participle bedutched)

present singular third person bedutches · participle present bedutching · participle past bedutched · past bedutched

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo Germanise.

    As for the people not liking it, it would surely be easier to bedutch them back again than it was to bewelsh them before.

    1895, William Richard Wood Stephens, The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D. C. L., LL.
  2. raretransitiveTo make Dutch, or make like Dutch; Dutchify.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dutchify

Origin

From be- + Dutch.

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Cite this entry
APA

bedutch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedutch

MLA

“bedutch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedutch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedutch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedutch.

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