grienen
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German grînen, from Old Saxon *grīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīnan (“to snarl”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -inən
Inflection
Synonyms
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German grienen from Middle Low German grīnen, the Low German form of greinen “to sob, to weep”, which originally meant “to twist one′s mouth (either in joy or sadness)”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁiːnən/, [ˈɡʁiːnən], [ˈɡʁiːnn̩]
Audio (file)
Verb
grienen (weak, third-person singular present grient, past tense griente, past participle gegrient, auxiliary haben)
- (regional, chiefly Northern Germany) to grin; to smirk (often maliciously)
- Synonym: (standard) grinsen
- 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf […] [The Warwolf]:
- Er blieb stehen, zeigte mit dem Finger auf die Blume, die Harm im Munde hielt, griente und sagte: »Friggeblumen, wer die bricht, Junggeselle bleibt er länger nicht.«
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
| infinitive | grienen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | grienend | ||||
| past participle | gegrient | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich griene | wir grienen | i | ich griene | wir grienen |
| du grienst | ihr grient | du grienest | ihr grienet | ||
| er grient | sie grienen | er griene | sie grienen | ||
| preterite | ich griente | wir grienten | ii | ich griente1 | wir grienten1 |
| du grientest | ihr grientet | du grientest1 | ihr grientet1 | ||
| er griente | sie grienten | er griente1 | sie grienten1 | ||
| imperative | grien (du) griene (du) |
grient (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German grînen, from Old Saxon *grīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīnan, related to English grin, Dutch grijnzen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡriːnən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of grienen (weak verb)
| infinitive | grienen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | grien | grien |
| 2nd person singular | griens(t) | griens(t) |
| 3rd person singular | grien(t) | grien |
| plural | grient, grienen | grienen |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | grien(e) | |
| plural | grient | |
| participle | present | past |
| grienen | (e)grient, gegrient | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Derived terms
West Frisian
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