sluw

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Low German slu, probably from a Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (sneaking, creeping), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (to crawl, slide), if the original sense referred to sneaking and sliding.[1] Attested since the late 18th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /slyu̯/
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  • Hyphenation: sluw
  • Rhymes: -yu̯

Adjective

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sluw (comparative sluwer, superlative sluwst)

  1. sly, cunning

Declension

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Declension of sluw
uninflected sluw
inflected sluwe
comparative sluwer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sluw sluwer het sluwst
het sluwste
indefinite m./f. sing. sluwe sluwere sluwste
n. sing. sluw sluwer sluwste
plural sluwe sluwere sluwste
definite sluwe sluwere sluwste
partitive sluws sluwers

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: slu

References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “sluw”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute