# double Dutch

> English word · Noun · IPA /dʌb.əl ˈdʌtʃ/

## Definitions
1. Incomprehensible language or speech.
2. A language game akin to pig Latin.
3. A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
4. Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/double-dutch