grein

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch grein (a grain), from French grain (a grain), from Latin grānum (a grain). Doublet with Dutch graan (grain), which descended directly from Latin grānum (a grain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje n)

  1. a small something; a grain
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Descendants

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  • Papiamentu: grein (dated), krenchi (from the diminutive)

Faroese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse grein.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

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Verb

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grein

  1. imperative singular of greina

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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grein

  1. singular imperative of greinen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of greinen

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse grein.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. branch
  2. article, piece
    Þetta er góð grein sem þú skrifaðir.
    This article you wrote is good.
  3. subject, field

Declension

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    Declension of grein
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grein greinin greinar greinarnar
accusative grein greinina greinar greinarnar
dative grein greininni greinum greinunum
genitive greinar greinarinnar greina greinanna

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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grein

  1. Alternative form of greyn

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse grein.

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of gren
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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grein

  1. imperative of greine

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse grein.

Noun

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

  1. a branch (of a tree etc.)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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grein

  1. past of grina

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *grainiz (twig, branch, limb), of unknown origin, but compare the verb greina (to separate into parts, divide).

Related to Old English grǣfa, grāf (whence English grove), dialectal Norwegian greive (ram with splayed horns), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (ramifications of an antler), dialectal Norwegian grivla (to branch).

Noun

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grein f (genitive greinar, plural greinir)

  1. branch (of a tree)
  2. point, head, part
    í annarri greinin second place
  3. cause, reason
    fyrir þá greinfor that reason
  4. distinction
  5. understanding, discernment
    gløggrar greinarsharpwitted
  6. dissent, discord
    vald fyrir utan alla greinundisputed power
Declension
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Descendants
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References

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  • grein”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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grein

  1. second-person singular imperative of greina
  2. inflection of grína:
    1. first-person singular past indicative
    2. third-person singular past indicative