Grønland

See also: Grönland

Danish

Etymology

From grøn (green) + land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (Greenland).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrœnlan/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌlænˀ]

Proper noun

Grønland (genitive Grønlands)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

See also

Faroese

Etymology

From grønur (green) + land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (Greenland).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹœnlant/

Proper noun

Grønland n (genitive Grønlands)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Grønland
Accusative
Dative Grønlandi
Genitive Grønlands

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From grøn (green) + land, from Old Norse Grœnland (Greenland).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrœn.lɑnː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑnː

Proper noun

Grønland

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹ɡrønlan(d)/
  • Rhymes: -and, -an

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Grǿnland (Greenland), from grǿnn (green) + land (land). Akin to English Greenland.

Proper noun

Grønland n

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
Derived terms
  • grønlandsfalk (Falco rusticolus candicans)
  • grønlandsfarar
  • grønlandsgås (Branta leucopsis)
  • grønlandshare (Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus)
  • Grønlandshavet
  • grønlandshund
  • grønlandsk, grønlendsk (Greenlandic)
  • grønlandskval
  • grønlandslaks
  • grønlandsmyrsnipe (Calidris alpina arctica)
  • grønlandsmåse (Larus glaucoides)
  • grønlandsreise
  • grønlandsrev
  • grønlandssel (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
  • grønlandssteinskvett (Oenanthe oenanthe leucorrhoa)
  • grønlandsstorr (Carex scirpoidea)
  • grønlending (someone from Greenland)
  • Grønlendingesoga (Saga of the Greenlanders)

Etymology 2

From Grønland (Greenland).

Proper noun

Grønland n

  1. A neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway
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