grein

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See also: Grein and gréin

Dutch

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch grein (“a grain”), from French grain (“a grain”), from Latin grānum (“a grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublette with Dutch graan (“grain”), which descended directly from Latin grānum (“a grain”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje n)

  1. a small something; a grain

Faroese

Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar or greinir)

  1. branch
  2. article (in a newspaper, dictionary, ...)
  3. (law) paragraph, article

Declension

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grein greinin greinar greinarnar
Accusative grein greinina greinar greinarnar
Dative grein greinini greinum greinunum
Genitive greinar greinarinnar greina greinanna
Declension of grein
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grein greinin greinir greinirnar
accusative grein greinina greinir greinirnar
dative grein greinini greinum greinunum
genitive greinar greinarinnar greina greinanna

German

Pronunciation

Verb

grein

  1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of greinen.
  2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of greinen.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, nominative plural greinar or greinir)

  1. branch
  2. article, piece
    Þetta er góð grein sem þú skrifaðir.
    This article you wrote is good.
  3. subject, field

Declension

declension of grein
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grein greinin greinar greinarnar
accusative grein greinina greinar greinarnar
dative grein greininni greinum greinunum
genitive greinar greinarinnar greina greinanna

Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

grein

  1. Alternative form of greyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

Noun

grein f or m (definite singular greina or greinen, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

  1. Alternative form of gren
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grein

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of greine

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

Noun

grein f (definite singular greina, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

  1. a branch (of a tree etc.)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grein

  1. past of grina

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. crotch, fork
    ja sto ti vattnen jäms ve grena
    I stood in water up to the crotch
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