blauw

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. blue
2. visibly bruised, as in blauwe plek 'a bluish bruise'
3. (slang) drunk

Noun

1. (neuter) the colour blue
2. (neuter) police (especially in the phrase: blauw op straat (“police on the street”))

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/blɑu̯/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch blau, from Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. Doublet of bleu.