grön

See also: gron, groen, and grøn

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon grōni, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Compare German grün, Dutch groen.

Pronunciation

  • (in some dialects) IPA(key): /ɡɾœɪ̯n/

Adjective

grön

  1. green

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/
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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.

Conjugation

Inflection of grön
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grön grönare grönast
Neuter singular grönt grönare grönast
Plural gröna grönare grönast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gröne grönare grönaste
All gröna grönare grönaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

See also

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