"sluw" meaning in Dutch

See sluw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /slyu̯/ Audio: Nl-sluw.ogg
Rhymes: -yu̯ Etymology: 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. Attested since the late 18th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|nds|slu}} Low German slu, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*slūhaz|t=sneaking, creeping}} Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (“sneaking, creeping”), {{der|nl|ine-pro|*(s)leuǵ|t=to crawl, slide}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (“to crawl, slide”) Head templates: {{nl-adj}} sluw (comparative sluwer, superlative sluwst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: sluwer [comparative], sluwst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], sluw [adverbial, positive, predicative], sluwer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het sluwst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het sluwste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], sluwe [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], sluwere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], sluwste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], sluw [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], sluwer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], sluwste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], sluwe [indefinite, plural, positive], sluwere [comparative, indefinite, plural], sluwste [indefinite, plural, superlative], sluwe [definite, positive], sluwere [comparative, definite], sluwste [definite, superlative], sluws [partitive, positive], sluwers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. sly, cunning Wikipedia link: Nicoline van der Sijs Derived forms: sluw als een vos, sluwaard, sluwe vos, sluwerd, sluwheid, sluwig
    Sense id: en-sluw-nl-adj-puaNz1C9 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "slu"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: slu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: slu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "nds",
        "3": "slu"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German slu",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*slūhaz",
        "t": "sneaking, creeping"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (“sneaking, creeping”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)leuǵ",
        "t": "to crawl, slide"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (“to crawl, slide”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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. Attested since the late 18th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sluwer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het sluwst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluws",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sluw (comparative sluwer, superlative sluwst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sluw"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "sluw als een vos"
        },
        {
          "word": "sluwaard"
        },
        {
          "word": "sluwe vos"
        },
        {
          "word": "sluwerd"
        },
        {
          "word": "sluwheid"
        },
        {
          "word": "sluwig"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sly, cunning"
      ],
      "id": "en-sluw-nl-adj-puaNz1C9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sly",
          "sly"
        ],
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Nicoline van der Sijs"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slyu̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-sluw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/Nl-sluw.ogg/Nl-sluw.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Nl-sluw.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-yu̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sluw"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sluw als een vos"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluwaard"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluwe vos"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluwerd"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluwheid"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluwig"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "slu"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: slu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: slu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "nds",
        "3": "slu"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German slu",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*slūhaz",
        "t": "sneaking, creeping"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (“sneaking, creeping”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)leuǵ",
        "t": "to crawl, slide"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (“to crawl, slide”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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. Attested since the late 18th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sluwer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het sluwst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluws",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sluw (comparative sluwer, superlative sluwst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sluw"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "Dutch adjectives",
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch terms borrowed from Low German",
        "Dutch terms derived from Low German",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/yu̯",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/yu̯/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sly, cunning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sly",
          "sly"
        ],
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Nicoline van der Sijs"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "audio": "Nl-sluw.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Nl-sluw.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-yu̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sluw"
}

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