Dutchified
Given lowland character
Dutchified means made Dutch in character, or influenced by Dutch culture, language, or customs.
The term often appears in American contexts describing areas settled by Dutch or German immigrants, where English absorbed Dutch linguistic features or cultural practices: The Dutchified dialect of the Pennsylvania Dutch country.
Sometimes mildly humorous or disparaging.
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- HollandWestern Dutch region
- AmsterdamCapital of Netherlands
- windmillsRotating vaned power structures
- tulipsBulb-grown ornamental flowers
clogs · Delftware · canals · bicycles · stroopwafel · herring · polder · dyke
Restricted to one place
- modifiedChanged in some way
- customizedAdapted to specific requirements
- naturalizedGiven citizenship status
- assimilatedAbsorbed into a whole
acculturated · tailored · domesticated · indigenized · reshaped · remodeled · vernacularized · acclimatized
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- accentRegional speech pattern
vocabulary · idiom · cognate · etymology · transliteration · phonology · neologism · bilingual
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
multiculturalism · enclave · blending · intermarriage · cross-cultural · diaspora · expat · melting-pot
Netherlands
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
tulips · clogs · Delftware · canals · bicycles · stroopwafel · herring · polder · dyke · Heineken
localized
Restricted to one place
- modifiedChanged in some way
- customizedAdapted to specific requirements
- naturalizedGiven citizenship status
assimilated · acculturated · tailored · domesticated · indigenized · reshaped · remodeled · vernacularized · acclimatized · transformed
loanword
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
accent · vocabulary · idiom · cognate · etymology · transliteration · phonology · neologism · bilingual · vernacular
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
citizenship · multiculturalism · enclave · blending · intermarriage · cross-cultural · diaspora · expat · melting-pot · pluralism
DutchifiedAmericanized
Culturally adapted to US
Germanized · Hispanicized · Latinized · Italianized · Hellenized
Dutchifiednative
Originating from a place
indigenous · original · unadapted · unassimilated · authentic