gries

English

Noun

gries

  1. plural of gry

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From German Low German, from Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs (grey). Doublet of greis (aged, grey-haired) and Greis (old man).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁiːs/
  • (file)

Adjective

gries (strong nominative masculine singular grieser, comparative grieser, superlative am griesesten)

  1. (regional, Northern Germany, west German, rather rare) grey, greyish (chiefly of hair and weather)
    Synonym: (standard) grau
    Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden…
    You could get depressive with all those grey clouds…
    • 1896, Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest, Berlin: F. Fontane & Co., page 439:
      Hübsch sollen sie sein, weil es jeden Besucher, wenigstens die Männer, stört, eine lange Stakete mit griesem Teint und schwarzen Rändern in der Türöffnung erscheinen zu sehen, und ein wahres Glück, daß die Korridore meistens so dunkel sind.
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Declension

Further reading

  • gries” in Duden online
  • gries” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs. Cognate to German Greis, Dutch grijs.

Adjective

gries (comparative grieser, superlative griesest)

  1. grey

Declension

Synonyms

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs. Cognates include dialectal German gries and West Frisian griis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣris/
  • Hyphenation: gries
  • Rhymes: -is

Adjective

gries (masculine griezen, feminine, plural or definite grieze, comparative griezer, superlative griest)

  1. grey

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “gries”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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