Grönland

See also: Grønland, Groenland, and Grœnland

German

Alternative forms

• Grünland (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Low German Grö̂nlant, a calque of Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”), from grǿnn (“green”) +‎ land (“land”). The High-Germanized form Grünland did not establish itself; that with -ö- was reinforced by Danish Grønland. Compare the same in Island.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁøːnlant/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

Grönland n (proper noun, genitive Grönlands or (optionally with an article) Grönland)

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

Related terms

• Grönländer
• Grönländisch
• grönländisch

Hungarian

Etymology

From Danish Grønland, from Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”), from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrønlɒnd]
• Hyphenation: Grön‧land
• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Proper noun

Grönland

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Grönland	—
accusative	Grönlandot	—
dative	Grönlandnak	—
instrumental	Grönlanddal	—
causal-final	Grönlandért	—
translative	Grönlanddá	—
terminative	Grönlandig	—
essive-formal	Grönlandként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Grönlandban	—
superessive	Grönlandon	—
adessive	Grönlandnál	—
illative	Grönlandba	—
sublative	Grönlandra	—
allative	Grönlandhoz	—
elative	Grönlandból	—
delative	Grönlandról	—
ablative	Grönlandtól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Grönlandé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Grönlandéi	—

Possessive forms of Grönland

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Grönlandom	—
2nd person sing.	Grönlandod	—
3rd person sing.	Grönlandja	—
1st person plural	Grönlandunk	—
2nd person plural	Grönlandotok	—
3rd person plural	Grönlandjuk	—

Derived terms

• grönlandi

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”); corresponds to grön (“green”) +‎ land (“land, country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrøːnland/

Proper noun

Grönland n (genitive Grönlands)

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

Derived terms

• grönlandssäl
• grönlandsval
• grönländare
• grönländsk
• grönländska

Further reading

• Grönland in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Svensk MeSH

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Etymology

From Danish Grønland, from Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”), from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾøn.lɑnd/

Proper noun

Grönland

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

Declension

Declension of Grönland

	singular
nominative	Grönland
accusative	Grönland'ı
dative	Grönland'a
locative	Grönland'da
ablative	Grönland'dan
genitive	Grönland'ın

Derived terms

• Grönlandlı