grøntsag

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From grønt (vegetables) +‎ sag (thing).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌsæˀ]

Noun

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grøntsag c (singular definite grøntsagen, plural indefinite grøntsager)

  1. vegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it)
  2. vegetable (the edible part of such a plant)
  3. vegetable ((metaphorically) a person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greenlandic: grøntsagi