Gras

See also: gras, GRAS, graś, grás, grãs, gräs, and Graś

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“grow, become green”). Compare Low German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Danish græs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁaːs/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁas/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
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  • Rhymes: -aːs, -as

Noun

Gras n (genitive Grases, plural Gräser)

  1. grass (plant)
  2. (informal) weed, marijuana

Declension
Declension of Gras
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gras die Gräser
genitive eines des Grases der Gräser
dative einem dem Gras,
Grase1		 den Gräsern
accusative ein das Gras die Gräser
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Gras in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʀaːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Gras n (plural Grieser)

  1. grass
  2. (informal) marijuana
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