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DUTCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

rood.

red

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/roːt/

  1. red

    Veel dakpannen zijn rood.
    Zij draagt een rood jurkje.

  2. left, socialist, labor

    De rode partij heeft de verkiezingen gewonnen.
    Hij stemt altijd rood.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōt, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

noun/roːt/

  1. the colour red

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōt, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

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