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The Dutch word for brown is
bruin





brown



Translations for brown and their definitions

bruin
     1. adj. having a brown colour (as chocolate, for example)
     2. n. the color brown
           Het bruin van de stam contrasteerde fel met het groen van de bladeren - The brown color of the trunk contrasted sharply with the green color of the leafs.
     3. n. (slang) heroin
           Mijn god, zit ie aan de bruin? - My god, is he on heroin?


bruin worden
     1. to brown


bruinbakken
     1. to brown, to cook until brown


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