double Dutch
Incomprehensible language or speechIncomprehensible language or speech.
» That was double-dutch to me.
blay_paul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(uncountable)Incomprehensible language or speech.
Kauderwelsch
тараба́рщинаtarabárščina, кита́йская гра́мотаkitájskaja grámota
an incomprehensible talk
(uncountable)A language game akin to pig Latin.
(uncountable)A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
(colloquial, uncountable)Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.
Examples
6 sentencesThat was double-dutch to me.
This manual is written in double Dutch.
Ця інструкція для користувача написана дуже незрозумілою мовою. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
It was all double Dutch to him.
deDas waren für ihn böhmische Dörfer. — brunoalbinus
This is double Dutch. Can you put it in plain English?
deDas ist aber Kauderwelsch! Könntest du Klartext daraus machen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's double Dutch to me.
Translations
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Origin
From double (“twice, i.e. more than”) + Dutch.From double (“twice, i.e. more than”) + Dutch.
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Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable