blauw

Meaning

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”))

Concepts

blue

green

drunk

bilberry

blueberry

drunken

intoxicated

tipsy

bluish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blɑu̯/

Etymology

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