gruit
English
Alternative forms
- grut
- gruyt
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gruit.
Noun
gruit (countable and uncountable, plural gruits)
- (brewing) A herbal mixture used in the flavouring of beer that preceded the use of hops.
Derived terms
- gruitbeer
Further reading
Dutch
Alternative forms
- gruijt (obsolete)
- gruyt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch grute, from Old Dutch grūt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣrœy̯t/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gruit
- Rhymes: -œy̯t
Noun
gruit f (uncountable)
- gruit, a herb mixture used for flavouring and bittering beer widely used in the Low Countries before hops came into use
- (obsolete, historical) the right to sell gruit to breweries
- Synonym: gruitrecht
Derived terms
- gruitbier
- gruitgeld
- gruitrecht
Descendants
- → English: gruit