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Dutch usually refers to:

• The Dutch language
• The Dutch people
• Of or relating to the Netherlands, a country in Western Europe
• In an archaic sense, to people and things from the Low Countries or Northern Germany (sometimes referring to the whole of Germany or even the whole of Europe that speaks a West Germanic language)
• Pennsylvania Dutch, a name for the German immigrants to Pennsylvania who came prior to 1800, including Plain sects Amish communities

See Netherlands (terminology) for more information on the confusion about 'Dutch' and the 'Netherlands'.

Other

• Dutch Golden Age painting, or a reference to the "Dutch Masters", a group of artists during that period
• Dutch colonial, an architectural style
• The chess opening Dutch Defence
• Dutch process chocolate
• A nickname of Ronald Reagan, the 40th United States President
  • Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, a book written in 1999 by Edmund Morris about the life of Ronald Reagan
• Dutch Gold, a popular beer in the Republic of Ireland
• The term "Dutch" is occasionally used in some common phrases based on stereotypes in English
  • Going Dutch, to split the cost of a purchase, usually a meal, evenly between several parties.
• In film, a Dutch angle is a severely tilted camera angle, commonly used to give a sense of psychological uneasiness or tension.
• Dutch (film), a 1991 comedy/drama film
• Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, a fictional Special Forces operative played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the Movie Predator
• Dutch, a protagonist in the manga and anime series Black Lagoon.
• Dutch Masters (cigar), often referred to as a "Dutch" in drug culture
• Dutch, hiphop slang that refers to marijuana(as in: "pass that Dutch").
• Dutch, a band released on the Silent Records label (1985-1997)