"double Dutch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dʌb.əl ˈdʌtʃ/ Audio: en-au-double Dutch.ogg
Etymology: From double (“twice, i.e. more than”) + Dutch. For sense 1: Dutch (which historically had a wider meaning) as a foreign language was not easily understood, so anything completely incomprehensible would be double Dutch, i.e. twice as hard as Dutch. Sense 2 expands on this meaning. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} double Dutch (uncountable)
  1. Incomprehensible language. Tags: uncountable Translations (incomprehensible language): неразбираем език (nerazbiraem ezik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), koeterwaals [neuter] (Dutch), wartaal (Dutch), siansaksa (Finnish), heprea (Finnish), charabia [masculine] (French), Kauderwelsch [neuter] (German), κινέζικα (kinézika) [neuter, plural] (Greek), halandzsa (Hungarian), arabo [masculine] (Italian), turco [masculine] (Italian), chińszczyzna [feminine] (Polish), grego [masculine] (Portuguese), тараба́рщина (tarabárščina) [feminine] (Russian), кита́йская гра́мота (kitájskaja grámota) [feminine] (Russian), saçmalık (Turkish), anlaşılmaz (Turkish), deli saçması (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-double_Dutch-en-noun-B4UU6FCG Disambiguation of 'incomprehensible language': 76 18 4 3
  2. A language game akin to pig Latin. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: all Greek to me, gibberish, gobbledygook, nonsense
    Sense id: en-double_Dutch-en-noun-vD2MANLj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 58 18 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 78 12 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 63 20 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 63 20 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 62 19 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 68 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 68 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 69 15 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 69 14 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 67 15 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 65 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 66 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 65 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 64 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 66 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 64 17 9
  3. A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-double_Dutch-en-noun-RfC8L8Tj
  4. (colloquial) Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-double_Dutch-en-noun-9h62OatS
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          "_dis1": "76 18 4 3",
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          "word": "grego"
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          "_dis1": "76 18 4 3",
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          "word": "тараба́рщина"
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          "_dis1": "76 18 4 3",
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          "roman": "kitájskaja grámota",
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        "(colloquial) Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "nerazbiraem ezik",
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      "sense": "incomprehensible language",
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      "sense": "incomprehensible language",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "incomprehensible language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kauderwelsch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "incomprehensible language",
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    },
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      "word": "grego"
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      "roman": "tarabárščina",
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      "roman": "kitájskaja grámota",
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      "sense": "incomprehensible language",
      "word": "saçmalık"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "incomprehensible language",
      "word": "anlaşılmaz"
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