grauw

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === graauw, graeuw (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣrɑu̯/ Hyphenation: grauw Rhymes: -ɑu̯ Homophone: Grouw === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch grau, from Old Dutch grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. ==== Adjective ==== grauw (comparative grauwer, superlative grauwst) (literally) grey, not brightly colored, ashen, grubby, grimy (figuratively) dreary, grim, gloomy ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: grou Jersey Dutch: xrāuje, grô Negerhollands: grou ==== Noun ==== grauw n (uncountable, no diminutive) (uncountable) the colour grey (uncountable, chiefly in compounds) grey stone or brick (collective) poor people (collective, derogatory) plebs ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from grauwen. ==== Noun ==== grauw m (plural grauwen, no diminutive) 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.