blauw

Significado

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”))

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/blɑu̯/

Etimoloxía

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