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Grimm

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Grimm.

Proper noun

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Grimm

  1. A surname from German.
    • 2017 February 18, John Schwartz, “Tax Advice From Lawmakers Turned Lawbreakers”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Mr. Grimm pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud and was convicted in July 2015; he went on to serve eight months in prison. Lawmaker, law enforcer and lawbreaker — that’s a heck of a résumé, and alliterative, too!

Translations

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German

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The Brothers Grimm.

Etymology

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From Middle High German grim (rage), from the adjective grim, from Old High German grim, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz (fierce, grim).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Grimm m (strong, genitive Grimmes or Grimms, no plural)

  1. (higher register) wrath, deep-rooted anger, rage

Declension

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Derived terms

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Proper noun

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Grimm m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Grimms or (with an article) Grimm, feminine genitive Grimm, plural Grimms)

  1. a surname

References

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  • Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012