Grille

See also: grille and grillé

German

Etymology

From Middle High German grille, from Old High German grillo, probably from Latin gryllus (“grasshopper, cricket”), possibly onomatopoetic in origin, but perhaps borrowed in turn from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “Egyptian dance performer; painted caricature”), of unknown further origin.

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Noun

Grille f (genitive Grille, plural Grillen)

  1. cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
  2. (archaic) hobby

Declension
Declension of Grille
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Grille die Grillen
genitive einer der Grille der Grillen
dative einer der Grille den Grillen
accusative eine die Grille die Grillen

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