gauw

Betekenis (English)

  1. quickly
  2. soon

Frekwensie

B1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɣɑu̯/
Etymology (English)

In summary

From Middle Dutch gouwe, gauwe (“quick, fast, hasty”), alteration of gâ, from Old Dutch gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Low German gau (“quick, fast”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.

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