grüßen

See also: grüssen, Grüssen, and Grüßen

German

Alternative forms

• grüssen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German grüezen from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German gruozzen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną. Cognate with English greet, Old Saxon grōtian, Dutch groeten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʀyːsən/

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• Hyphenation: grü‧ßen

Verb

1. to greet

Derived terms

• begrüßen

Further reading

• “grüßen” in Duden online