Grimm

English

Proper noun

Grimm

1. A surname from German.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格林 (zh) (Gélín), 格里姆 (Gélǐmǔ)

• German: Grimm (de) m or f
• Japanese: グリム (Gurimu)
• Russian: Гримм m or f (Grimm)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German grim (“rage”), from the adjective grim, from Old High German grim, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz (“fierce, grim”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Grimm m (strong, genitive Grimmes or Grimms, no plural)

1. (higher register) wrath, deep-rooted anger, rage

Declension

Declension of Grimm [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Grimm
genitive	eines	des	Grimmes, Grimms
dative	einem	dem	Grimm, Grimme1
accusative	einen	den	Grimm

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• grimmen
• grimmig
• Ingrimm

Proper noun

Grimm m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Grimms or (with an article) Grimm, feminine genitive Grimm, plural Grimms)

1. a surname

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012