grå

See also: Gra, gra, grá, and grã

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɔːˀ/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɔˀ], [ˈkʁɔ̽ˀ]

Adjective

grå (neuter gråt, plural and definite singular attributive grå)

grey
(as a noun) grey (colour)

Derived terms

References

“grå” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse grár (“grey, spiteful”), from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).

Cognate with German grau, Dutch grauw, and English grey.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɾoː/
(Fredrikstad) IPA^(key): [ɡɾo̞ː]

Adjective

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråere, indefinite superlative gråest, definite superlative gråeste)

grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived terms

Related terms

gråne

References

“grå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 242

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, Dutch grauw, and English grey.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡroː/

Adjective

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråare, indefinite superlative gråast, definite superlative gråaste)

grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived terms

Related terms

gråne, gråna

References

“grå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡroː/
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Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

grå (comparative gråare, superlative gråast)

grey
(colloquial) boring, dull; with a boring appearance

Inflection

Inflection of **grå**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	grå	gråare	gråast
neuter singular	grått	gråare	gråast
plural	grå, gråa	gråare	gråast
masculine plural²	grå, gråa	gråare	gråast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	grå, gråe	gråare	gråaste
all	grå, gråa	gråare	gråare

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Anagrams

går, råg

hvid	grå	sort
rød; højrød, mørkerød	orange; brun	gul; flødefarvet
lime, lysegrøn	grøn, mørkegrøn	mintgrøn
cyan; turkis, lyseblå	azurblå, himmelblå	blå, mørkeblå
violet; indigo	magenta; lilla	lyserød, rosa

kvit	grå	svart
raud	oransje; brun	gul
	grøn
(turkis)		blå
	rosa; lilla	rosa