Grobian
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See also: grobian
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Earlier Grobianus, humorously formed from grob (“coarse”) + Latin -iānus. Compare Dummerjan, Liederjan etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Grobian m (strong, genitive Grobianes or Grobians, plural Grobiane)
- brute
- 1819, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Dem Schenken”, in West-östlicher Divan[1]; republished as Edward Dowden, transl., West-Eastern Divan, 1914:
- Setze mir nicht, du Grobian, / Mir den Krug so derb vor die Nase
- Clown, do not clap the vessel that you bear / In such rough fashion here beneath my nose!
Declension
[edit]Declension of Grobian [masculine, strong]
Descendants
[edit]- → English: grobian
- → Norwegian Bokmål: grobian
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: grobian
- → Polish: grubianin
- → Romanian: grobian
- → Russian: грубиян (grubijan)
- → Swedish: grobian
Further reading
[edit]- “Grobian” in Duden online
- “Grobian” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Grobian” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.