Grind

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German grint, from Old High German grint, from Proto-West Germanic *grind, from Proto-Germanic *grindą (“grounds, ground material”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (“to crush”). Cognate with West Frisian grint (“gravel”), Dutch grind (“gravel; shingle”), obsolete Dutch grinden (“to grind, rub, crush”). More at English grind. The sense for head developed metonymically as a clipping of Kopfgrind. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁɪnt/ Rhymes: -ɪnt === Noun === Grind m (strong, genitive Grindes or Grinds, plural Grinde) (regional) scab (on a wound) Synonyms: Schorf, Wundschorf, Kruste, Wundkruste (regional) various kinds of scab-like skin diseases or conditions, such as scabies, scurf, dandruff Synonym: Schorf (Switzerland, informal) head (hunting) animal head ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== grindig === Further reading === “Grind” in Duden online “Grind” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hunsrik == === Noun === Grind plural of Grund == Romanian == === Etymology === From grind (“sandbank”), perhaps of Germanic origin. Compare Dutch grind (“sand, gravel”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Grind m a village in Lăpugiu de Jos, Hunedoara County, Romania