rauw
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch rou, raeu, also roo, from Old Dutch *rao, *rō, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rauw (comparative rauwer, superlative rauwst)
- raw, uncooked
- raw, in a roughed up state, e.g. skinned or infected
- hard, cruel, gross, rude
Declension
| Declension of rauw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | rauw | |||
| inflected | rauwe | |||
| comparative | rauwer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | rauw | rauwer | het rauwst het rauwste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rauwe | rauwere | rauwste |
| n. sing. | rauw | rauwer | rauwste | |
| plural | rauwe | rauwere | rauwste | |
| definite | rauwe | rauwere | rauwste | |
| partitive | rauws | rauwers | — | |
Synonyms
- (uncooked): ongekookt