Greif
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German grīf, grīfe, from Old High German grīf, grīfo, borrowed from Latin gryphus. Early on associated with the unrelated verb in greifen (“to grab”); compare Middle Low German grīp. Possibly a doublet of Cherub.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Greif m (strong or weak, genitive Greifs or Greifes or Greifen, plural Greife or Greifen)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Greif [masculine, strong]
Declension of Greif [masculine, weak]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Greif on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Greif” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Greif” in Duden online
- “Greif” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Greif m anim
- a surname from German
Declension
[edit]Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | Greif | ||
gen. sing. | Greifa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Greif | Greifa | Greifi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Greifa | Greifov | Greifov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Greifu | Greifoma | Greifom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Greifa | Greifa | Greife |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Greifu | Greifih | Greifih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Greifom | Greifoma | Greifi |
Further reading
[edit]- Keber, Janez (2021) Leksikon priimkov [Dictionary of Surnames] (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 228
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