grantig
Appearance
Bavarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]grantig
Related terms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Kluge and Pfeifer put forward a possible relation to greinen (“to cry, whine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁantɪk/ (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁantɪç/ (Germany)
- Hyphenation: gran‧tig
Adjective
[edit]grantig (strong nominative masculine singular grantiger, comparative grantiger, superlative am grantigsten)
- (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, informal) grumpy, angry
- Der grantige Mann erlaubt es den Kindern nicht, in seinem Garten Fußball zu spielen,
- The grumpy man doesn't allow the kids to play football in his garden.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of grantig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist grantig | sie ist grantig | es ist grantig | sie sind grantig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | grantiger | grantige | grantiges | grantige |
| genitive | grantigen | grantiger | grantigen | grantiger | |
| dative | grantigem | grantiger | grantigem | grantigen | |
| accusative | grantigen | grantige | grantiges | grantige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der grantige | die grantige | das grantige | die grantigen |
| genitive | des grantigen | der grantigen | des grantigen | der grantigen | |
| dative | dem grantigen | der grantigen | dem grantigen | den grantigen | |
| accusative | den grantigen | die grantige | das grantige | die grantigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein grantiger | eine grantige | ein grantiges | (keine) grantigen |
| genitive | eines grantigen | einer grantigen | eines grantigen | (keiner) grantigen | |
| dative | einem grantigen | einer grantigen | einem grantigen | (keinen) grantigen | |
| accusative | einen grantigen | eine grantige | ein grantiges | (keine) grantigen | |
Comparative forms of grantig
Superlative forms of grantig
Further reading
[edit]- “grantig” in Duden online
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