groene
See also: gröne
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣru.nə/
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Adjective
groene
- Inflected form of groen
Noun
groene m or f (plural groenen)
- (literally) a green one, literally or in some figurative sense (e.g. greenhorn)
- ecologist, member of the greens (environmentally friendly movement or party)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣruənə/
Adjective
groene
- green
- (figuratively) unripe, young
Inflection
Adjective | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | groene | groene | groene | groene |
Definite | groene | groene | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | groenen | groene | groene | groene |
Definite | groene | ||||
Genitive | groens | groener | groens | groener | |
Dative | groenen | groener | groenen | groenen |
Descendants
- Dutch: groen
- Afrikaans: groen
- Berbice Creole Dutch: grun
- Negerhollands: groen, grun
- Skepi Creole Dutch: gruin
- Sranan Tongo: grun
- Aukan: guun
- Saramaccan: guúun
- Limburgish: greun, gruuen
- West Flemish: groene
Further reading
- “groene”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “groene (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch groene, from Old Dutch gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.
Adjective
groene
- green
Derived terms
- groensel