Dutch
People from the Netherlands, a country in Western Europe.
| Term | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Cheese-Eater | Represents their fondness of eating cheese; used mostly by Germans. | |
| Cloggie | The wooden shoes. | |
| Dicksuckinflog | 16th Century term for prostitutes accused of witchcraft. | |
| Dyke | In this context used against Dutch people, referencing the famous Dutch system of dikes and windmills. Separate from its use as a slur against lesbian women. | |
| Dyke-Jumper | Because of all the dykes in Holland, Dutch farmers used to use long wooden poles to pole-vault from one section of farmland to another. | |
| Hollowhead | "Holland" originally comes from the words "Hollow Land" because it's so flat | |
| Kaaskop | Dutch for "Cheese head". Refers to improvised helmets made of cheesbuckets, as worn by millitant farmers during the 80-year war. | |
| Kees | Flemish for "cheese". Also a very common name in Holland (and possibly also Flanders); it is a shortened form of the name "Cornelis". It is sometimes spelled "Cees". | |
| Lowlander | The Netherlands are below sea level. | |
| Marsh Nigger | The Netherlands is a very marshy country | |
| Orangie | The national Dutch color is Orange, and they manifest this color everwhere in their country- from soccer season to vehicle paint jobs | |
| Peter Pan/Tinkerbell | The Dutch live in the Netherlands (Neverland) | |
| Shoe | Name is derived from the wooden shoes they would wear. | |
| Windmill Winder | They got lots of windmills | |
| Woodies | They're known to wear wooden shoes |