grünes Lachen

== German == === Etymology === The first element may be a corruption of grienen or a related word (related to greinen), or it may simply (perhaps more likely) be the colour grün (“green”): compare Dutch groen lachen (“laugh in a forced way”, literally “laugh green”), Italian risata verde (“forced laugh”, literally “green laugh”), French rire jaune (“laugh in a forced way”, literally “laugh yellow”). === Noun === grünes Lachen n hollow, forced laugh 1886, Gervinus, in a letter quoted in Briefwechsel zwischen Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, Dahlmann und Gervinus, page 322: === References ===