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grein

grein

See also: gréin

Dutch

Noun

grein n ‎(plural greinen, diminutive greintje n)

  1. a small something; a grain

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Faroese

Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar or greinir)

  1. branch
  2. article (in a newspaper, dictionary, ...)
  3. (law) paragraph, article

Declension

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grein greinin greinar greinarnar
Accusative grein greinina greinar greinarnar
Dative grein greinini greinum greinunum
Genitive greinar greinarinnar greina greinanna
Declension of grein
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grein greinin greinir greinirnar
accusative grein greinina greinir greinirnar
dative grein greinini greinum greinunum
genitive greinar greinarinnar greina greinanna

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German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Verb

grein

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kreiːn/
    Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

grein f ‎(genitive singular greinar, nominative plural greinar or greinir)

  1. a branch
  2. an article
    Þetta er góð grein sem þú skrifaðir.
    This article you wrote is good.

Declension

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Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse grein

Noun

grein f, m ‎(definite singular greina or greinen, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

  1. Alternative form of gren

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse grein

Noun

grein f ‎(definite singular greina, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

  1. a branch (of a tree etc.)

References

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grein ‎(“a grain”), from French grain ‎(“a grain”), from Latin grānum ‎(“a grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‎(“grain”). Doublette with Dutch graan ‎(“grain”), which descended directly from Latin grānum ‎(“a grain”).

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