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grå

grå

See also: gra, Gra, grá, and grã

Danish

Adjective

grå (neuter gråt, e-form grå)

  1. grey
  2. (as a noun) grey (colour)

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     rød      grøn      gul      flødefarvet      hvid
     højrød      magenta      turkis      lime      lyserød
     indigo      blå      orange      grå      violet
     sort      lilla      brun      azurblå      cyan

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse grár. Cognate with German grau, Dutch graauw, and English grey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾoː/

Adjective

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråere, indefinite superlative gråest, definite superlative gråeste)

  1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • “grå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • Falk, Hjalmar; Torp, Alf (190306) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 242

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse grár. Cognate with German grau, Dutch graauw, and English grey

Adjective

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråare, indefinite superlative gråast, definite superlative gråaste)

  1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     raud      grøn      gul      ?      kvit
     ?      ?      ?      ?      rosa
     ?      blå      oransje      grå      ?
     svart      lilla      brun      ?      (turkis)

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

grå

  1. grey
  2. (colloquial) boring, dull; with a boring appearance

Inflection

Inflection of grå
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grå gråare gråast
Neuter singular grått gråare gråast
Plural gråa gråare gråast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gråe gråare gråaste
All gråa gråare gråaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.