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Dutch †German XIV; pert. to the people of Holland XVI. — MDu. dutsch Dutch, German (Du. duitsch German) = OE þēodisċ Gentile, also sb. a language, OS. thiudisc :- Gmc. *þeudiskaz, f. *þeudā (OE. þēod people); see -ISH 1. In Germany the adj. was orig. used to distinguish ‘the vulgar tongue’ from Latin,
Hence to denote German vernaculars and consequently the speakers of any of these.

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