grein

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grein (“a grain”), from French grain (“a grain”), from Latin grānum (“a grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublette with Dutch graan (“grain”), which descended directly from Latin grānum (“a grain”).

Noun

grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje)

1. a small something; a grain

Related terms

• grofgrein, grofgreinen

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Faroese

Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar or greinir)

1. branch
2. article (in a newspaper, dictionary, ...)
3. (law) paragraph, article

Declension

f6	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grein	greinin	greinar	greinarnar
Accusative	grein	greinina	greinar	greinarnar
Dative	grein	greinini	greinum	greinunum
Genitive	greinar	greinarinnar	greina	greinanna

f2	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grein	greinin	greinir	greinirnar
Accusative	grein	greinina	greinir	greinirnar
Dative	grein	greinini	greinum	greinunum
Genitive	greinar	greinarinnar	greina	greinanna

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kreiːn/

  Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar)

1. a branch
2. an article

   Þetta er góð grein sem þú skrifaðir.

   This article you wrote is good.

Declension

declension of grein

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grein	greinin	greinar	greinarnar
accusative	grein	greinina	greinar	greinarnar
dative	grein	greininni	greinum	greinunum
genitive	greinar	greinarinnar	greina	greinanna

Derived terms

• greinarit
• trjágrein

Anagrams

• greni, negri