grauw
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch grau, from Old Dutch *grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.
Adjective
editgrauw (comparative grauwer, superlative grauwst)
- (literally) grey, not brightly colored, ashen, grubby, grimy
- (figuratively) dreary, grim, gloomy, desperate
- In Victoriaanse sloppenwijken waren grauwe lompen tekenen van grauwe armoede, in een moderne favella zie je vooral felle kleuren
- In Victorian slums grey rags ware indicative of grim poverty, in a modern favella one sees mostly bright colors
Declension
editDeclension of grauw | ||||
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uninflected | grauw | |||
inflected | grauwe | |||
comparative | grauwer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | grauw | grauwer | het grauwst het grauwste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | grauwe | grauwere | grauwste |
n. sing. | grauw | grauwer | grauwste | |
plural | grauwe | grauwere | grauwste | |
definite | grauwe | grauwere | grauwste | |
partitive | grauws | grauwers | — |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editNoun
editgrauw n (uncountable)
- (uncountable) the colour grey
- (uncountable, chiefly in compounds) grey stone or brick
- 2011, Monika Sauwer, Het raadsel vader. Een ongemakkelijk afscheid, Nieuw Amsterdam:
- ‘De buitenmuren op te halen in grijskleurig hard grauw waartussen banden van geele Friesche steen.’
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (collective) poor people
- (collective, derogatory) plebs
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom grauwen.
Noun
editgrauw m (plural grauwen)
- growl, snap; a snappy, gruff statement
- 1875, Dirck Adriaensz. Valcooch, Den reghel der Duytsche schoolmeesters. Eene bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van het schoolwezen in het laatst der XVIe en het begin der XVIIe eeuw, publ. by Joh. Ykema, 13.
- De tweede, de derde maendt sal men haer bien
Sachte handtplackens en propere grauwen,- The second and third month one should offer them
moderate application of the paddle and appropriate snaps,
- The second and third month one should offer them
- 1875, Dirck Adriaensz. Valcooch, Den reghel der Duytsche schoolmeesters. Eene bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van het schoolwezen in het laatst der XVIe en het begin der XVIIe eeuw, publ. by Joh. Ykema, 13.
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