gerro – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of gerro

Noun: gerro
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:
Sg.gerro
Pl.gerro's

Sample Sentences

  • Wollah, vandaag is m'n hoofd hayek heet beste heeft iemand gerro. (Yo, today, I am very stressed, it would be the best if someone has a cigarette.)
  • Ik zat een tijd geleden in de metro in Amsterdam en hoorde ineens ‘ewa sahbi, ara die garo’ (‘hé, vriend, geef me die sigaret’). Bijna helemaal in het Marokkaans-Arabisch. En ik draai me om en ik zie allemaal witte jongens. (I was on the Amsterdam underground some time ago and suddenly I heard “ewa sahbi, ara die garo” (“Hey, friend, give me that cigarette”). Almost entirely in Moroccan Arabic. And I turn around and all I see are white boys.) [2025 March 13, Majda Ouhajji, “Taalwetenschapper Khalid Mourigh over het veranderende Nederlands: ‘Mattie, fittie en doekoe bijvoorbeeld. Die staan zelfs in de Van Dale’ [Linguist Khalid Mourigh on changing Dutch: ‘Mattie, fittie, and doekoe, for example. These words are even included in the Van Dale dictionary’]”, in NRC Handelsblad, retrieved 26 Mar 2025:]

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ڭارو (gārru) and/or Tarifit garru, both ultimately derived from Spanish cigarro. Doublet of sigaar. See: Spanish Nouns 'cigarro'.

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