grien

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German gruoni, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with German grün, Dutch groen, English green, Icelandic grænn.

Adjective

grien

  1. (Gressoney, Carcoforo) green

References
  • “grien” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German gruoni, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with German grün, Dutch groen, English green, Icelandic grænn.

Adjective

grien

  1. (Sappada, Sauris) green

References
  • “grien” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Verb

grien

  1. first-person singular present indicative of grienen
  2. imperative of grienen

German

Verb

grien

  1. Imperative singular of grienen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of grienen.

Hunsrik

Alternative forms
  • kriin (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German grüene, from Old High German gruoni, gruoen, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kriːn/

Adjective

grien (comparative griener, superlative grienest)

  1. green
    Die Bletter sin grien.
    The leaves are green.
  2. (of fruit, vegetables) unripe
    Die Äerdbeere sin noch grien.
    The strawberries are still unripe.

Declension
Declension of grien
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative grien grien grien griene
accusative griene grien grien griene
dative griene griene griene griene
Strong inflection nominative griener griene grienes griene
accusative griene griene grienes griene
dative grienem griener grienem griene

See also
Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)
     weis      grau      schwarz
             rod              ranschegelleb ; braun              gelleb
                          grien             
                                       blau
                          rosch, lila              roserod

Further reading

West Frisian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡriə̯n/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian grēne, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Adjective

grien

  1. green
    Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries.
    Butter, bread, and green cheese; whoever can't say this is no genuine Frisian.
Inflection
Inflection of grien
uninflected grien
inflected griene
comparative griender
griener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial griengriender
griener		it grienst
it grienste
indefinite c. sing. grienegriendere
grienere		grienste
n. sing. griengriender
griener		grienste
plural grienegriendere
grienere		grienste
definite grienegriendere
grienere		grienste
partitive griensgrienders
grieners		—
Derived terms
Further reading
  • “grien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Noun

grien n (plural grienen)

  1. green
Further reading
  • “grien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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