Grind
German
Etymology
From Middle High German grint, from Old High German grint, from Proto-West Germanic *grind, from Proto-Germanic *grindą (“grounds, ground material”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (“to crush”).
Cognate with West Frisian grint (“gravel”), Dutch grind (“gravel; shingle”), obsolete Dutch grinden (“to grind, rub, crush”). More at English grind. The sense for head developed metonymically as a clipping of Kopfgrind.
Pronunciation
Noun
Grind m (strong, genitive Grindes or Grinds, plural Grinde)
Declension
Declension of Grind [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
From grind (“sandbank”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Grind m
- A village in Lăpugiu de Jos, Hunedoara, Romania
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