groen

See also: Groen and grön

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch groen, from Middle Dutch groene, from Old Dutch *gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

groen (attributive groen, comparative groener, superlative groenste)

  1. green

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch groene, from Old Dutch *gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Compare Low German grön, gröön, German grün, West Frisian grien, English green, Danish grøn.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -un
  • IPA(key): /ɣrun/
  • audio(file)

Adjective

groen (comparative groener, superlative groenst)

  1. green
    De bomen worden in de lente groen. ― The trees turn green in the spring.
  2. (politics) green, relating to green parties or green politics
    Ze stemde op de groene partij vanwege hun beleid over klimaatverandering. ― She voted for the green party because of their policy on climate change.
    De stad heeft groene initiatieven gelanceerd om de CO2-uitstoot te verminderen. ― The city has launched green initiatives to reduce carbon emissions.

Inflection
Inflection of groen
uninflected groen
inflected groene
comparative groener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial groengroenerhet groenst
het groenste
indefinite m./f. sing. groenegroeneregroenste
n. sing. groengroenergroenste
plural groenegroeneregroenste
definite groenegroeneregroenste
partitive groensgroeners—

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: groen
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: grun
  • Negerhollands: groen, grun
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: gruin
  • Sranan Tongo: grun
    • Aukan: guun
    • Saramaccan: guúun

See also
Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

Luxembourgish

Adjective

groen

  1. masculine nominative of gro
  2. masculine accusative of gro
  3. masculine dative of gro
  4. neuter dative of gro
  5. plural dative of gro

Welsh

Noun

groen

  1. Soft mutation of croen (“skin”).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
croen groen nghroen chroen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.