Grónsko

Czech

Etymology

From Danish grøn + Czech -sko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡroːnsko]
• Hyphenation: Grón‧sko

Proper noun

Grónsko n (relational adjective grónský, demonym Gróňan)

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

Declension of Grónsko (sg-only velar neuter)

	singular
nominative	Grónsko
genitive	Grónska
dative	Grónsku
accusative	Grónsko
vocative	Grónsko
locative	Grónsku
instrumental	Grónskem

Related terms

• grónština f

Further reading

• “Grónsko”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Grónsko”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Grónsko”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔːnskɔ/, [ˈɡrɔːnskɔ], [ˈɡrɔːn̠skɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔːnskɔ
• Hyphenation: Grón‧sko

Proper noun

Grónsko n (relational adjective grónsky, demonym Grónčan, female demonym Grónčanka)

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Usage notes

Although it is an island, the preposition do is used with genitive.

Declension

Declension of Grónsko
(pattern mesto)

	singular
nominative	Grónsko
genitive	Grónska
dative	Grónsku
accusative	Grónsko
locative	Grónsku
instrumental	Grónskom

Further reading

• “Grónsko”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026