High Dutch
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High Dutch
proper noun High-Dutch
- Pennsylvania Dutch, particularly the Fancy Dutch.
- The standard Dutch language, especially the literary Dutch language of the Netherlands, as contrasted with Cape Dutch or Afrikaans.
- High German. The Emperor Charles V, made almoſt the ſame Obſervation, when he ſaid, That if he were to ſpeak to his Horſe, it ſhould be in High-Dutch.
Opposite: Low Dutch, Netherdutch
noun High-Dutch
- Double Dutch; nonsense.
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proper noun
Opposite: Low Dutch, Netherdutch
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title = {High Dutch},
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