"nauw" meaning in Dutch

See nauw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /nɑu/, [nɑu̯] [Netherlands], [nʌu̯] [Netherlands], [nʌo̯] [Belgium], [nɔu̯] [Belgium] Audio: Nl-nauw.ogg , Nl-nauw (Netherlands).ogg , Nl-nauw (Belgium).ogg
Etymology: From Middle Dutch nauwe, from Old Dutch nauw, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|nauwe}} Middle Dutch nauwe, {{inh|nl|odt|nauw}} Old Dutch nauw, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hnawwaz}} Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz Head templates: {{nl-adj}} nauw (comparative nauwer, superlative nauwst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: nauwer [comparative], nauwst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], nauw [adverbial, positive, predicative], nauwer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het nauwst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het nauwste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], nauwe [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], nauwere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], nauwste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], nauw [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], nauwer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], nauwste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], nauwe [indefinite, plural, positive], nauwere [comparative, indefinite, plural], nauwste [indefinite, plural, superlative], nauwe [definite, positive], nauwere [comparative, definite], nauwste [definite, superlative], nauws [partitive, positive], nauwers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. narrow
    Sense id: en-nauw-nl-adj-XtqVjp3e
  2. (figuratively) close Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-nauw-nl-adj-MQ~yABSb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naauw Derived forms: nauwelijks, nauwkeurig, benauwen

Noun

IPA: /nɑu/, [nɑu̯] [Netherlands], [nʌu̯] [Netherlands], [nʌo̯] [Belgium], [nɔu̯] [Belgium] Audio: Nl-nauw.ogg , Nl-nauw (Netherlands).ogg , Nl-nauw (Belgium).ogg
Etymology: From Middle Dutch nauwe, from Old Dutch nauw, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|nauwe}} Middle Dutch nauwe, {{inh|nl|odt|nauw}} Old Dutch nauw, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hnawwaz}} Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|-}} nauw n (uncountable)
  1. strait Tags: neuter, uncountable Synonyms: straat, zeestraat
    Sense id: en-nauw-nl-noun-HJfbZl8U Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naauw

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nauwelijks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nauwkeurig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "benauwen"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "nauw",
            "3": "nau",
            "4": "nou"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: nauw, nau, nou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: nauw, nau, nou"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vic",
            "2": "nou",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Virgin Islands Creole: nou",
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Virgin Islands Creole: nou (dated)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "nauwe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch nauwe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "form": "nauwer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "nauw",
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        "predicative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nauwer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nauwe",
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        "masculine",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "nauwere",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nauw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauws",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "narrow"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "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\".",
          "text": "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\"."
        }
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      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) close"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/nɑu/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌo̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-nauw (Belgium).ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Nl-nauw_%28Belgium%29.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nou"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "naauw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nauw"
}

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    }
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  "lang_code": "nl",
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        {
          "_dis": "7 7 86",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
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        ]
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          "word": "straat"
        },
        {
          "word": "zeestraat"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/nɑu/"
    },
    {
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        "Netherlands"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands"
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      "ipa": "[nʌo̯]",
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        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "Nl-nauw (Belgium).ogg",
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      "homophone": "nou"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "naauw"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Dutch uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "nauwelijks"
    },
    {
      "word": "nauwkeurig"
    },
    {
      "word": "benauwen"
    }
  ],
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        "superlative"
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      "form": "nauwer",
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        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
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        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "het nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nauwere",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "nauwste",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nauwer",
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nauwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nauwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauws",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nauwers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "nauw (comparative nauwer, superlative nauwst)",
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      "args": {},
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
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  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "narrow"
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          "narrow"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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\".",
          "text": "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\"."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "close"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) close"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑu/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-nauw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/Nl-nauw.ogg/Nl-nauw.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Nl-nauw.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-nauw (Netherlands).ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Nl-nauw_%28Netherlands%29.ogg/Nl-nauw_%28Netherlands%29.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Nl-nauw_%28Netherlands%29.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌo̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-nauw (Belgium).ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/Nl-nauw_%28Belgium%29.ogg/Nl-nauw_%28Belgium%29.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Nl-nauw_%28Belgium%29.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nou"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "naauw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nauw"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch adjectives",
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Dutch uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "nauwe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch nauwe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "nauw"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch nauw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hnawwaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch nauwe, from Old Dutch nauw, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "nauw n (uncountable)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strait"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strait",
          "strait"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "straat"
        },
        {
          "word": "zeestraat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑu/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-nauw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/Nl-nauw.ogg/Nl-nauw.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Nl-nauw.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-nauw (Netherlands).ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Nl-nauw_%28Netherlands%29.ogg/Nl-nauw_%28Netherlands%29.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Nl-nauw_%28Netherlands%29.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nʌo̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔu̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-nauw (Belgium).ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/Nl-nauw_%28Belgium%29.ogg/Nl-nauw_%28Belgium%29.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Nl-nauw_%28Belgium%29.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nou"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "naauw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nauw"
}

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