gries
English
Noun
gries
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From German Low German, from Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”). Doublet of greis (“aged, grey-haired”) and Greis (“old man”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gries (comparative grieser, superlative am griesesten)
- (regional, northern and western Germany, rather rare) grey, greyish (chiefly of hair and weather)
- Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden...
- You could get depressive with all those grey clouds...
- Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden...
Synonyms
- grau (the normal word)
Related terms
Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Greis, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch grijs.
Adjective
gries (comparative grieser, superlative griesest)
Declension
Positive forms of {{{head}}}
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is gries | se is gries | dat is gries | se sünd gries | |
partitive | een Grieses | een Grieses | wat Grieses | allens Griese | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | griese | griese | gries | griese |
oblique | griesen | griese | gries | griese | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de griese | de griese | dat griese | de griesen |
oblique | den griesen | de griese | dat griese | de griesen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en griese/griesen | en griese | en gries/grieset | (keen) griesen |
oblique | en griesen | en griese | en gries/grieset | (keen) griesen |
Comparative forms of {{{head}}}
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is grieser | se is grieser | dat is grieser | se sünd grieser | |
partitive | een griesers | een griesers | wat griesers | allens grieser | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | griesere | griesere | grieser | griesere |
oblique | griesern | griesere | grieser | griesere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de griesere | de griesere | dat griesere | de griesern |
oblique | den griesern | de griesere | dat griesere | de griesern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en griesere/grieseren | en griesere | en grieser | (keen) griesern |
oblique | en griesern | en griesere | en grieser | (keen) griesern |
Superlative forms of {{{head}}}
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Grieseste | se is de Grieseste | dat is dat Grieseste | se sünd de Griesesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | grieseste | grieseste | griesest | grieseste |
oblique | griesesten | grieseste | griesest | grieseste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de grieseste | de grieseste | dat grieseste | de griesesten |
oblique | den griesesten | de grieseste | dat grieseste | de griesesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en grieseste/griesesten | en grieseste | en griesest | (keen) griesesten |
oblique | en griesesten | en grieseste | en griesest | (keen) griesesten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
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