grienen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -inən

Verb

grienen

  1. to sob, to weep

Inflection

Inflection of grienen (weak)
infinitive grienen
past singular griende
past participle gegriend
infinitive grienen
gerund grienen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular griengriende
2nd person sing. (jij) grientgriende
2nd person sing. (u) grientgriende
2nd person sing. (gij) grientgriende
3rd person singular grientgriende
plural grienengrienden
subjunctive sing.1 grienegriende
subjunctive plur.1 grienengrienden
imperative sing. grien
imperative plur.1 grient
participles grienendgegriend
1) Archaic.

Synonyms


German

Etymology

Via German Low German from Middle Low German grīnen. Low German form of greinen (to sob, to weep), which originally meant to “twist one′s mouth (either in joy or sadness)”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁiːnən/, [ˈɡʁiːnən], [ˈɡʁiːnn̩]

Verb

grienen (third-person singular simple present grient, past tense griente, past participle gegrient, auxiliary haben)

  1. (regional, chiefly Northern Germany) to grin; to smirk (often maliciously)

Conjugation

Synonyms


German Low German

Etymology

Origin uncertain, related to English grin, Dutch grijnzen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡriːnən/

Verb

grienen (past singular grien, past participle grient, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to smile

Conjugation

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Derived terms


West Frisian

Noun

grienen

  1. plural of grien
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