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)

1. grey
2. (as a noun) grey (colour)

Derived terms

• grålig
• gråne
• gråtone
• gråzone

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)

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

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)

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

Derived terms

• blågrå
• gråaktig
• gråhvit
• gråhåret, gråhåra
• grålig
• gråsone
• lysegrå
• sølvgrå

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)

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

Derived terms

• blågrå
• gråaktig
• gråhåra
• gråleg
• gråsidemus
• gråsone
• lysegrå
• sylvgrå, sølvgrå

Related terms

• gråne, gråna

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)

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

References

• “grå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en grå katt [a gray cat]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡroː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

grå (comparative gråare, superlative gråast)

1. grey
2. (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

• grå eminens
• gråben
• grådaskig
• gråkall
• gråsosse
• gråsprängd
• gråtjuv
• gråzon
• i mörkret är alla katter grå

See also

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd	orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön	mintgrön
turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal	himmelsblå, azur	blå
lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

References

• grå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• går, råg