grein

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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Noun

grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje n)

1. a small something; a grain

Noun

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

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Verb

grein

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreiːn/

  Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

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

Anagrams

• greni, negri

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

• “grein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡræɪn/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

Noun

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

1. a branch (of a tree etc.)

Etymology 2

1. past tense of grina

References

• “grein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse grein, verbal noun of grína, see grin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡreɪ̯ːɳ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

grein f (definite singular greina)

1. crotch, fork

   ja sto ti vattnen jäms ve grena

   I stood in water up to the crotch