grauw

Meaning

Adj

1. (literally) grey, not brightly colored, ashen, grubby, grimy
2. (figuratively) dreary, grim, gloomy

Noun

1. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) the colour grey
2. (in-compounds, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) grey stone or brick
3. (collective, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) poor people
4. (collective, derogatory, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) plebs

Noun

growl, snap; a snappy, gruff statement

Concepts

grey

gray

rabble

riff-raff

grizzled

tipsy

hoar

overcast

populace

riffraff

growl

dullness

grayness

grey-haired

grizzly

drab

Synonyms

grijs

roezig

tipsy

beneveld

aangeschoten

blauwachtig

janhagel

gepeupel

grauwe

grijsharig

grijze

Translations

grau

gris

gris

ravus

pardo

cinzento

Gesindel

gris

cinza

canens

grigio

canus

bigio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣrɑu̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: grau

Inherited from Old Dutch: *grāo

In summary

From Middle Dutch grau, from Old Dutch grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.