grien
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- geriénts, gréén, grüen, grün
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
- (Gressoney, Carcoforo) green
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
- grian (Timau)
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
- (Sappada, Sauris) green
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
- first-person singular present indicative of grienen
- imperative of grienen
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
grien
- singular imperative of grienen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of grienen
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
- IPA(key): /kriːn/
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 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡriə̯n/
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
- griente
Further reading
- “grien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Noun
grien n (plural grienen)
- green
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 |