welloe
Dutch
Alternative forms
- walou, welou, wellou
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic والو (wālu, “nothing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛlu/, (slang realisation) [ˈwɛlu]
- Hyphenation: wel‧loe
Pronoun
welloe
- (Netherlands, slang) nothing
- 2015, “Welloe [Nothing]”, performed by Nesim Najih:
- Welloe, welloe, al die motherfuckers hebben welloe.
- Nothing, nothing, all those motherfuckers have nothing.
- 2018, M. van Huistee, Doe of sterf [Do or die], →ISBN:
- De vader van Moustafa heeft altijd geld. Mijn vader heeft welloe, helemaal niets.
- Moustafa's father always has money. My father has nothing, nothing at all.
- 2019, “Sehera”, performed by Ali B & Oualid:
- Ik herinner mij nog dat je skeer was // Welloe op je bank, welloe op je pinpas.
- I still remember when you were broke // Nothing on your bank, nothing on your debit card.
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Synonyms
- (standard Dutch) niks, niets
Determiner
welloe
- (Netherlands, slang) no
- 2017, “Alles Constant [Everything Constant]”, performed by Jermaine Niffer:
- Welloe pasjes, brieven in de handjes // Jij bent super stiff, jij doet welloe dansjes.
- No cards, notes in the hands // You're super stiff, you don't do no dances.
- 2019, M. W. Sexton, H. Damsma and N. Miedema, transl., Een zekere vrijheid [A Kind of Freedom]:
- Hier ben ik in 'n paar weken max doorheen, en dan gaat 't 'r heel vervelend uitzien als we de volgende twee maanden welloe shit hebben.
- I'll be done with this in a few weeks, tops, and then it's gonna look very annoying if the next two months we have no shit no more.
- 2021, “Welloe tijd [No time]”, performed by Skiezo:
- Ik krijg wel dingen voor elkaar nu // Welloe tijd want ik heb haast nu.
- I'm getting things done now // No time cause I gotta haste now.
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Synonyms
- (standard Dutch) geen