grön

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See also: gron, groen, and grøn

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • gräun, greun, gröön (in some other dialects)
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Etymology

From Old Saxon grōni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Compare German grün, Dutch groen.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grön

  1. green

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫn, from Proto-Germanic *granō.

Pronunciation

Noun

grön f (genitive singular granar, nominative plural granir)

  1. moustache
    Synonym: yfirvararskegg
  2. upper lip
    Synonym: efrivör
  3. spruce (tree of the genus Picea)
    Synonym: greni

Declension

declension of grön
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grön grönin granir granirnar
accusative grön grönina granir granirnar
dative grön gröninni grönum grönunum
genitive granar granarinnar grana grananna

Swedish

Unripe Meyer Lemon

Etymology

From Old Swedish grø̄n, from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (compare with Danish grøn, Dutch groen, English green and German grün), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrōni-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrøːn/
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  • Rhymes: -øːn

Adjective

grön (comparative grönare, superlative grönast)

  1. of the color green
  2. (politics) related to a Green Party
  3. looking sick
  4. inexperienced
  5. approved
  6. jealous
    Grön av avund. (confer the synonymous Icelandic grænn af öfund)
    Green with envy.

Conjugation

Inflection of grön
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grön grönare grönast
Neuter singular grönt grönare grönast
Plural gröna grönare grönast
Masculine plural3 gröne grönare grönast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gröne grönare grönaste
All gröna grönare grönaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also

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