German Low German

Alternative forms

• (in some other dialects) gräun, greun
• (Low Prussian) green (gren)
• gröön

Adjective

grön

1. (in some dialects) green
2. (in other dialects) Alternative form of gröön

Swedish

Unripe Meyer Lemon

Etymology

From Old Swedish grø̄n, from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (compare with Danish grøn, Dutch groen, English green and German grün), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrōni-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‎(“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrøːn/

Adjective

grön (comparative grönare, superlative grönast)

1. of the color green
2. (politics) related to a Green Party
3. looking sick
4. inexperienced
5. approved
6. jealous

   Grön av avund. (confer the synonymous Icelandic grænn af öfund)

   Green with envy.

See also

• det är grönt
• grönbete
• gröngöling
• grönsak
• på grön kvist