gries

English

Noun

gries

1. plural of gry

Anagrams

• Grise, Resig, geris, gires, grise

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German

Etymology

From German Low German, from Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”). Doublet of greis (“aged, grey-haired”) and Greis (“old man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁiːs/

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Adjective

gries (strong nominative masculine singular grieser, comparative grieser, superlative am griesesten)

1. (regional, northern and western Germany, rather rare) grey, greyish (chiefly of hair and weather)

   Synonym: (the normal word) grau

   Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden...

   You could get depressive with all those grey clouds...

Related terms

• Griesgram

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Low German

Alternative forms

• gris

Etymology

Cognate to German Greis, Dutch grijs.

Adjective

gries (comparative grieser, superlative griesest)

1. grey

Declension

Positive forms of {{{head}}}

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is gries	se is gries	dat is gries	se sünd gries
partitive		een Grieses	een Grieses	wat Grieses	allens Griese
strong declension (without article)	nominative	griese	griese	gries	griese
	oblique	griesen	griese	gries	griese
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de griese	de griese	dat griese	de griesen
	oblique	den griesen	de griese	dat griese	de griesen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en griese/griesen	en griese	en gries/grieset	(keen) griesen
	oblique	en griesen	en griese	en gries/grieset	(keen) griesen

Comparative forms of {{{head}}}

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is grieser	se is grieser	dat is grieser	se sünd grieser
partitive		een griesers	een griesers	wat griesers	allens grieser
strong declension (without article)	nominative	griesere	griesere	grieser	griesere
	oblique	griesern	griesere	grieser	griesere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de griesere	de griesere	dat griesere	de griesern
	oblique	den griesern	de griesere	dat griesere	de griesern
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en griesere/grieseren	en griesere	en grieser	(keen) griesern
	oblique	en griesern	en griesere	en grieser	(keen) griesern

Superlative forms of {{{head}}}

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is de Grieseste	se is de Grieseste	dat is dat Grieseste	se sünd de Griesesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	grieseste	grieseste	griesest	grieseste
	oblique	griesesten	grieseste	griesest	grieseste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de grieseste	de grieseste	dat grieseste	de griesesten
	oblique	den griesesten	de grieseste	dat grieseste	de griesesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en grieseste/griesesten	en grieseste	en griesest	(keen) griesesten
	oblique	en griesesten	en grieseste	en griesest	(keen) griesesten

Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

• grau
• graag

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs. Cognates include dialectal German gries and West Frisian griis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣris/
• Hyphenation: gries
• Rhymes: -is

Adjective

gries (masculine griezen, feminine, plural or definite grieze, comparative griezer, superlative griest)

1. grey

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “gries”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN