grollen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German grollen (“to debase; lower; humiliate”), from Old High German *grollen, from Proto-Germanic *gruljaną (“to yell; shout at”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grumble”). Related to German gellen (“to shout”), compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch grillen (“to shiver, shake”), English grill (“to provoke”) and growl.
Pronunciation
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Verb
- (transitive) to grumble, to thunder
- (transitive) to be angry
Inflection
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- Donnergrollen (“rolling thunder”)
Further reading
- “grollen” in Duden online
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