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Dutch
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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, 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
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Noun
grauw 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
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Etymology 2
From grauwen.
Noun
grauw m (plural grauwen)
- growl, snap; a snappy, gruff statement