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gauw.

quickly

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adv/ɣɑu̯/
  1. quickly

  2. soon

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gouwe, gauwe (“quick, fast, hasty”), alteration of gâ, from Old Dutch gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Low German gau (“quick, fast”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.

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