dun

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A brownish grey colour.

Adj

Of a brownish grey colour.

Verb

1. To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
2. To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.

Verb

1. (informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do
2. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.

Verb

To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance.

Intj

Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music.

Concepten

manen

aanmanen

aanmaning

somber

sommatie

grijsbruin

brandbrief

betalingsherinnering

afpersen

schuldeiser

Synoniemen

grayish brown

bill collector

brownish

greyish brown

greyish

bedevil

donkey-gray

dun-colored

pester

plague

rag

crucify

reminder

frustrate

dun for debts

grayish brown

greyish

fawn

grey

torment

eat

🍽️

exact

ferret

fret

get to

gray

harry

hassle

hope

importune

inherit

invoice

lay

afflict

rankle

sorrel

succeed

sue

tease

undeveloped

urge

vex

will

wish

dust colour

dark brown

dun-coloured

dunner

greyish-brown

Isabel

Isabella

bill collection

salt

🧂

gray-brown

grey-brown

salinate

blue-dun

an importunate creditor

dark brown color

darkish brown

dun horse

light bay

ail

beleaguer

beset

bill

blackguard

brine

brown

bullyrag

collect

conductor

copper-coloured

corn

🌽

crave

creditor

dark

desire

devil

drab

dull

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dʌn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: dun

Overgenomen van Oudengels: dunn

Verwant aan Old Saxon: dun

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: tusin

Verwant aan Oudnoors: dunna

Verwant aan Middle Welsh: dwnn

Verwant aan Oudiers: donn

Verwant aan Schots-Gaelisch: donn

Verwant aan Old Saxon: dosan

Verwant aan Welsh: dinas

In summary

From Middle English dun, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-colored, brownish black”), from Proto-Germanic *dusnaz (“brown, yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Old Saxon dun (“brown, dark”), Old High German tusin (“ash-gray, dull brown, pale yellow, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard; duck”).
Alternative etymology derives the Old English word from Brythonic (compare Middle Welsh dwnn (“dark (red)”)), from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (compare Old Irish donn and Scottish Gaelic donn (“brown”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (compare Old Saxon dosan (“chestnut brown”)). More at dusk.