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groen

groen

See also: grön

Afrikaans

Adjective

groen (attributive groene, comparative groener, superlative groenste)

  1. green

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -un
  • IPA(key): /ɣrun/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch groene, from Old Dutch *gruoni, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Compare Low German grön, gröön, German grün, West Frisian grien, English green, Danish grøn.

Adjective

groen (comparative groener, superlative groenst)

  1. green
  2. (politics) green, relating to green parties or green politics

Inflection

Inflection of groen
uninflected groen
inflected groene
comparative groener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial groen groener het groenst
het groenste
indefinite m./f. sing. groene groenere groenste
n. sing. groen groener groenste
plural groene groenere groenste
definite groene groenere groenste
partitive groens groeners

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     rood      groen      geel      roomwit      wit
     karmijnrood      magenta      groenblauw/petrolblauw      groengeel/limoengroen      roze
     indigo      blauw      oranje      grijs      violet
     zwart      paars      bruin      azuurblauw      blauwgroen/cyaan

Luxembourgish

Adjective

groen

  1. masculine nominative of gro
  2. masculine accusative of gro
  3. masculine dative of gro
  4. neuter dative of gro
  5. plural dative of gro

Welsh

Noun

groen

  1. Soft mutation of croen (skin).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
croen groen nghroen chroen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.