Green

See also: green, gréén, and Green.

English

Alternative forms

• Greene, Grene

Etymology

English surname, a topographic name for someone who either lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour. This name is also translated from other surnames, such as German Grün and Gruen, Dutch Groen, Irish Ó hUainí (from uaine, see Honan), etc. The Irish surname was also erroneously translated from Ó Fathaidh, Ó Fathaigh, from faithche (“lawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːn
• Homophone: green

Proper noun

Green (countable and uncountable, plural Greens)

1. A common English surname from Middle English.
   • 2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 March 2020:

     When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with Ben Green of Oxford.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
   3. A city in Summit County, Ohio, formerly a township.
   4. A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon.
   5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Green Township.
3. A place in Wales:
   1. A hamlet in Denbigh community, Denbighshire (OS grid ref SJ0568).
   2. A northern suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SM9801).
   3. A settlement in Churchstoke community, Powys (OS grid ref SO2694).
4. (Oxford University, informal, historical) Ellipsis of Green College, Oxford.

Derived terms

• Green County
• Greens Norton
• Green-Tao theorem
• Tom Green County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Green is the 41^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 430,182 individuals. Green is most common among White (56.8%) and Black (37.0%) individuals.

Adjective

Green (not comparable)

1. (politics) Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green party.

Noun

Green (plural Greens)

1. (politics) A member of a Green Party or green party.

Anagrams

• Egner, Geren, genre, neger, regen

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English green.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁiːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Green n (strong, genitive Greens, plural Greens)

1. (golf) green, putting green

   Synonym: Grün

Declension

Declension of Green [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Green	die	Greens
genitive	eines	des	Greens	der	Greens
dative	einem	dem	Green	den	Greens
accusative	ein	das	Green	die	Greens

Further reading

• “Green” in Duden online
• “Green” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache