grot

See also: grót, gröt, and grøt

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɒt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.

Noun

grot (plural grots)

1. (poetic) A grotto.
   • 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:

     She took me to her elfin grot, / And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore, / And there I shut her wild wild eyes / With kisses four.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from grotty.

Noun

grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots) (British)

1. (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
2. (slang, countable) A miserable person.

Derived terms

• grotbag
• grotsky

Anagrams

• trog

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch grot, either directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χrɔt/

• Audio:

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Noun

grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)

1. cave, cavern

   Synonym: spelonk

   Kuiergaste mag die grot net met 'n gids binnegaan.

   Tourists may enter the cave only with a guide.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, krocht, and gruft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɔt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: grot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)

1. cave, cavern

   Twaalf mensen waren omgekomen, nadat ze in een grot verdwaald geraakt waren.

   Twelve people had passed away, after they had got lost inside a cave.

Synonyms

• spelonk

Derived terms

• grotbewoner
• grotschildering
• grotspelonk
• grottenbeer
• grottenhyena
• grottenleeuw
• ijsgrot
• lavagrot

Related terms

• crypte
• krocht

Descendants

• Afrikaans: grot

Anagrams

• trog

Luxembourgish

Adjective

grot

1. neuter nominative of gro
2. neuter accusative of gro

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą.

Alternative forms

• grott, grotte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔːt/, /ɡrɔt/

Noun

grot (plural grotes)

1. Hulled grain.

Descendants

• English: groat
• Yola: gurt, grut

References

• “grō̆t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “grōtes, n.(2) plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch groot.

Alternative forms

• grote, groot, groote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔːt/

Noun

grot (plural grotes or grottes)

1. A groat or other silver coin of similar value, traditionally worth four pennies, or the weight corresponding to that coin.

Descendants

• English: groat
• Yola: grate

References

• “grōt, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 February 2018.

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• grat (Föhr-Amrum)
• gråt (Goesharde)
• groot (Heligoland)
• grut (Mooring)
• gurt (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates include West Frisian grut.

Adjective

grot

1. (Halligen) big, great, large

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grōt (comparative grōtiro, superlative grōtist)

1. big, large
2. great

Inflection

Declension of grōt (a-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	grōt	grōt	grōt	grōta, grōte
accusative	grōtan, grōten	grōta	grōt	grōta, grōte
genitive	grōtes	grōtero	grōtes	grōtero
dative	grōtin, grōtemo	grōtero	grōtin, grōtemo	grōton
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	grōto	grōta	grōta	grōton
accusative	grōton	grōton	grōta	grōton
genitive	grōtin	grōton	grōtin	grōtono
dative	grōtin	grōton	grōtin	grōton

Derived terms

• overgrōt

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: grôot, groet
  • Dutch: groot
    • Afrikaans: groot
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
    • Jersey Dutch: x'rôt
    • Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
    • Petjo: groot
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: groat
  • Limburgish: grut, gruët
  • Zealandic: groôt

Further reading

• “grōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grutą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrot/
• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

grot n

1. particle
2. fragment

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	grot	grot
accusative	grot	grot
genitive	grotes	grota
dative	grote	grotum

Descendants

• Middle English: grot, grott, grotte
  • English: groat
  • Yola: gurt, grut

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.

Adjective

grōt (comparative grōtoro, superlative grōtost)

1. great

Declension

Declension of grot

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	grōt	grōt	grōt	grōte	grōtu	grōte
accusative	grōtana	grōt	grōta	grōte	grōtu	grōte
genitive	grōtes	grōtes	grōtaro	grōtarō	grōtarō	grōtarō
dative	grōtumu	grōtumu	grōtaro	grōtum	grōtum	grōtum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	grōto	grōta	grōta	grōtu
accusative	grōtun	grōta	grōtun	grōtun
genitive	grōtun	grōtun	grōtun	grōtonō
dative	grōtun	grōtun	grōtun	grōtum

Comparative forms of grot (weak only)

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	grōtoro	grōtora	grōtora	grōtoru
accusative	grōtorun	grōtora	grōtorun	grōtorun
genitive	grōtorun	grōtorun	grōtorun	grōtoronō
dative	grōtorun	grōtorun	grōtorun	grōtorum

Superlative forms of grot

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	grōtost	grōtost	grōtost	grōtoste	grōtoste	grōtostu
accusative	grōtostana	grōtost	grōtosta	grōtoste	grōtoste	grōtostu
genitive	grōtostes	grōtostes	grōtostaro	grōtostarō	grōtostarō	grōtostarō
dative	grōtostumu	grōtostumu	grōtostaro	grōtostum	grōtostum	grōtostum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	grōtosto	grōtosta	grōtosta	grōtostu
accusative	grōtostun	grōtosta	grōtostun	grōtostun
genitive	grōtostun	grōtostun	grōtostun	grōtostonō
dative	grōtostun	grōtostun	grōtostun	grōtostum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: grôt
  • Low German: groot
    • German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)

      Plautdietsch: groot

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔt/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈɡrɔ.tɘ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: grot
• Homophone: Grot

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grotъ.

Noun

grot m inan

1. arrowhead
2. (in the plural, Przemyśl) household or homestead equipment

Declension

Declension of grot

	singular	plural
nominative	grot	groty
genitive	grotu	grotów
dative	grotowi	grotom
accusative	grot	groty
instrumental	grotem	grotami
locative	grocie	grotach
vocative	grocie	groty

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch grootzeil.

Noun

grot m inan

1. mainsail

Declension

Declension of grot

	singular	plural
nominative	grot	groty
genitive	grota	grotów
dative	grotowi	grotom
accusative	grot	groty
instrumental	grotem	grotami
locative	grocie	grotach
vocative	grocie	groty

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

grot f

1. genitive plural of grota

Further reading

• “grot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “grot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “groty”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 238

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

• грутъ (grut)

Etymology

Probably borrowed into Russenorsk from some older unknown pidgin developed during early Russian-Dutch trade. In this case, can be derived from e.g. Middle Dutch grôot or West Frisian grut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːt/

Adjective

grot

1. big

   Synonym: bolsa

   Грутъ стока по гафъ

   Grut stoka po gaf

   A big storm on the sea (with strong eastern wind)

Adverb

grot

1. a lot, much
2. very

   Synonym: mera

   Grot vre kom

   Became very angry

References

• Ingvild Broch; Ernst H. Jahr (1984), Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Swedish

Etymology

Acronym of grenar och toppar.

Noun

grot c

1. (forestry) logging waste, logging refuse

Derived terms

• färskgrot
• grotuttag
• gröngrot