neus
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch neus, from Middle Dutch nose, nuese, from Old Dutch *nosa, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪøs/
Audio: (file)
Noun
neus (plural neuse, diminutive neusie)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
neus
- plural of neu
Cornish
Noun
neus f (singulative neusen or neujen)
Synonyms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nose, nuese, from Old Dutch *nosa, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nøːs/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: neus
- Rhymes: -øːs
Noun
neus m or f (plural neuzen, diminutive neusje n)
- nose
- (ethnic slur, highly offensive) Jew, kike
- 1994 February 2, “CIDI eist straf voor rechercheur”, in NRC Handelsblad, page 3:
- In het door de rechercheur opgemaakte verbaal staat volgens het CIDI: „X (rode breedbekkikker) arriveert tezamen met een andere neus bij perceel 222 en praten wat.”
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Descendants
Esperanto
Verb
neus
- conditional of nei