grunten
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English grunt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrʏn.tə(n)/
- Hyphenation: grun‧ten
Verb
grunten
- (intransitive, transitive, music) to shout death growls, to growl [from ca. 1990s]
- 1994 August 31, "Ook tweede Lowlands geslaagd", De Telegraaf, page 16.
- Zoals de snoeiharde sm-metal van de Genitorturers uit de Verenigde Staten. De als een kerel gruntende zangeres Gen bracht tot groot genoegen van het publiek voorverwarmde tepelklemmen, tong- en navelpiercings aan bij haar bandleden, die daarna ook nog eens met een leren zweep werden afgerost.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1994 August 31, "Ook tweede Lowlands geslaagd", De Telegraaf, page 16.
Inflection
| Inflection of grunten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | grunten | |||
| past singular | gruntte | |||
| past participle | gegrunt | |||
| infinitive | grunten | |||
| gerund | grunten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | grunt | gruntte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | grunt | gruntte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | grunt | gruntte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | grunt | gruntte | ||
| 3rd person singular | grunt | gruntte | ||
| plural | grunten | gruntten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | grunte | gruntte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | grunten | gruntten | ||
| imperative sing. | grunt | |||
| imperative plur.1 | grunt | |||
| participles | gruntend | gegrunt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gronte, gronten, grunt, grunte, grunton
Etymology
Inherited from Old English grunnettan, from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną. Equivalent to groynen + -ten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡruntən/
Verb
grunten (third-person singular simple present grunteth, present participle gruntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative grunte, past participle grunt)
- To grunt or groan as or like an animal; to make beastly calls.
- To moan; to make a groaning or moaning sound.
- (rare) To grind teeth together.
Conjugation
Conjugation of grunten (weak in -te/-ed)
| infinitive | (to) grunten, grunte | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | grunte | grunte, grunted | |
| 2nd-person singular | gruntest | gruntest, gruntedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | grunteth | grunte, grunted | |
| subjunctive singular | grunte | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | grunten, grunte | grunten, grunte, grunteden, gruntede | |
| imperative plural | grunteth, grunte | — | |
| participles | gruntynge, gruntende | grunt, grunted | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
- gruntynge
Related terms
- grinten
Descendants
- English: grunt
- Scots: grunt
References
- “grunten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.