nauw

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nauwe, from Old Dutch nauw, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɑu/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): [nɔu]
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  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): [nʌu̯]
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Adjective

nauw (comparative nauwer, superlative nauwst)

  1. narrow
  2. (figuratively) close
    De bruine rat (Rattus norvegicus) is een zoogdier, behorende tot de orde van de knaagdieren. Zijn nauwste verwanten zijn de Aziatische soorten "Rattus pyctoris" en "Rattus nitidus". — The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a mammal, belonging to the order of the rodents. Its closest relatives are the Asiatic species "Rattus pyctoris" and "Rattus nitidus".

Inflection
Inflection of nauw
uninflected nauw
inflected nauwe
comparative nauwer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nauwnauwerhet nauwst
het nauwste
indefinite m./f. sing. nauwenauwerenauwste
n. sing. nauwnauwernauwste
plural nauwenauwerenauwste
definite nauwenauwerenauwste
partitive nauwsnauwers—

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Noun

nauw n (uncountable)

  1. strait
    Synonyms: straat, zeestraat

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