grien
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Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German grüene, from Old High German gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with German grün, Dutch groen, English green, Icelandic grænn.
Adjective
grien
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German grüene, from Old High German gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with German grün, Dutch groen, English green, Icelandic grænn.
Adjective
grien
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
grien
- inflection of grienen:
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
grien
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- kriin (Wiesemann spelling system)
Etymology
From Middle High German grüene, from Old High German gruoni, gruoen, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grien (comparative griener, superlative grienest)
- green
- Die Bletter sin grien.
- The leaves are green.
- (of fruit, vegetables) unripe
- Die Äerdbeere sin noch grien.
- The strawberries are still unripe.
Declension
| Declension of grien (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| Weak inflection | nominative | grien | grien | grien | griene |
| accusative | griene | grien | grien | griene | |
| dative | griene | griene | griene | griene | |
| Strong inflection | nominative | griener | griene | grienes | griene |
| accusative | griene | griene | grienes | griene | |
| dative | grienem | griener | grienem | griene | |
See also
| Weis | Grau | Schwarz |
| Rod | Ranschegelleb; Braun | Gelleb, Geel |
| Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien) | Grien (Dunkelgrien) | Menz |
| Meergrien | Blau (Hellblau) | Blau (Dunkelblau) |
| Feilche | Rosch, Lila | Roserod |
Further reading
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grien
- green
- Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries.
- Butter, bread, and green cheese; whoever can't say this is no real Frisian.
Inflection
| Inflection of grien | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | grien | |||
| inflected | griene | |||
| comparative | griender griener | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | grien | griender griener |
it grienst it grienste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | griene | griendere grienere |
grienste |
| n. sing. | grien | griender griener |
grienste | |
| plural | griene | griendere grienere |
grienste | |
| definite | griene | griendere grienere |
grienste | |
| partitive | griens | grienders grieners |
— | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “grien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
Noun
grien n (plural grienen)
Further reading
- “grien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
See also
| wyt | griis | swart |
| read | oranje; brún | giel |
| grien | ||
| blaugrien | blau | |
| fiolet | pears | rôze |
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