Granne

See also: granne

German

Etymology

From Middle High German grane, gran, from Old High German grana, from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn; bristle; beard hair; moustache”). Doublet of Grenze.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁanə/
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  • Rhymes: -anə

Noun

Granne f (genitive Granne, plural Grannen)

  1. awn
  2. (botany) arista (the bristly tip of the husks of grasses, cereals, and grains)
    Gerstengrannen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1870, Ernst Ludwig Rochholz, Drei Gaugöttinnen‎:
      Sie wandelt das Saatkorn in Gold, sie geht in goldnem Schuh und trägt eine goldne Krone, sie ist selber das reifende Aehrenfeld. Ihr antikes Abbild ist Pindars "röthlichfüssige Demeter" (Olymp. 6, 94) und die römische Ceres rubicunda, die in rothgelben Grannen reifende Gerstensaat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. stiff hair protruding from the fur or outer coat of mammals

Declension
Declension of Granne [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Granne die Grannen
genitive einer der Granne der Grannen
dative einer der Granne den Grannen
accusative eine die Granne die Grannen

Derived terms

Latin

Proper noun

Granne

  1. vocative singular of Grannus
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