gruuss

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German grōz (“great”), from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”). Cognate with Luxembourgish grouss, German groß, German Low German groot, Dutch groot, West Frisian grut, English great.

Adjective

gruuss

(Uri) very large

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 25.

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