Wiktionary

grauw

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch grau, from Old Dutch *grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Adjective edit

grauw (comparative grauwer, superlative grauwst)

  1. (literally) grey, not brightly colored, ashen, grubby, grimy
  2. (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
Inflection edit
Inflection of grauw
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 edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: grou
  • Jersey Dutch: xrāuje, grô
  • Negerhollands: grou

Noun edit

grauw n (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) the colour grey
  2. (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)
  3. (collective) poor people
  4. (collective, derogatory) plebs
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From grauwen.

Noun edit

grauw m (plural grauwen)

  1. growl, snap; a snappy, gruff statement
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