nauw
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nauwe, from Old Dutch nauw, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑu/
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Adjective
nauw (comparative nauwer, superlative nauwst)
- narrow
- (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
Declension of nauw | ||||
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uninflected | nauw | |||
inflected | nauwe | |||
comparative | nauwer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | nauw | nauwer | het nauwst het nauwste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | nauwe | nauwere | nauwste |
n. sing. | nauw | nauwer | nauwste | |
plural | nauwe | nauwere | nauwste | |
definite | nauwe | nauwere | nauwste | |
partitive | nauws | nauwers | — |
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Derived terms
Noun
nauw n (uncountable)
Alternative forms
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