grut
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch grutte, gurte, from Old Dutch *grutti, from Proto-West Germanic *gruti, related to *greut (“grit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣrʏt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʏt
Noun
grut n (plural grutten, diminutive grutje n)
- (countable and uncountable) groat, broken-up or ground grain
- (countable) small stuff, little things
- (uncountable) children
- Zeg, wilt g' uw klein grut 'ne keer bijhouden? Da staat hier altijd maar te jengelen, te janken en te bleiten rond m'n benen, om zot van te worden!
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Middle English
Noun
grut
- Alternative form of growte
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective
grut (comparative gruter, superlative grutst)
- (Mooring) big, large
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡrʉːt/
Noun
grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)
- coffee grounds
References
“grut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡrʉːt/
Noun
grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)
- coffee grounds
Usage notes
- Prior to a 2018 spelling decision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.
References
- “grut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- trug
Old English
Etymology
Probably from a Proto-Germanic *grūtą, *grutą, probably related to *greutą (“grit”). Compare Old Norse grautr; from which Icelandic grautur (“porridge”), Swedish gröt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡruːt/
Noun
grūt f
- malt mash
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grūt | - |
| accusative | grūt | - |
| genitive | grūt | - |
| dative | grȳt, grūt | - |
Descendants
- Middle English: growte, grout
- English: grout
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “grut”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective
grut
- big, large
- great
Inflection
| Inflection of grut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | grut | |||
| inflected | grutte | |||
| comparative | grutter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | grut | grutter | it grutst it grutste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | grutte | gruttere | grutste |
| n. sing. | grut | grutter | grutste | |
| plural | grutte | gruttere | grutste | |
| definite | grutte | gruttere | grutste | |
| partitive | gruts | grutters | — | |
Further reading
- “grut (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Noun
grut
- Alternative form of gurt
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 44