grein

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch grein (“a grain”), from French grain (“a grain”), from Latin grānum (“a grain”). Doublet with Dutch graan (“grain”), which descended directly from Latin grānum (“a grain”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje n) a small something; a grain ==== Related terms ==== grofgrein, grofgreinen ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: grein (dated), krenchi (from the diminutive) == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɹain/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse grein. ==== Noun ==== grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar or greinir) branch article (in a newspaper, dictionary, ...) (law) paragraph, article ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== blað leyv leyvfellandi === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grein imperative singular of greina == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɪ̯n === Verb === grein singular imperative of greinen (colloquial) first-person singular present of greinen == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse grein. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kreiːn/ Rhymes: -eiːn === Noun === grein f (genitive singular greinar, nominative plural greinar or greinir) branch article, piece subject, field ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== greinir === Anagrams === greni, negri == Middle English == === Noun === grein alternative form of greyn == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse grein. ==== Noun ==== grein f or m (definite singular greina or greinen, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene) alternative form of gren ===== Derived terms ===== greine (verb) greinkryper === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grein imperative of greine === References === “grein” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrɛɪːn/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse grein. ==== Noun ==== grein f (definite singular greina, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene) a branch (of a tree etc.) ===== Derived terms ===== greine (verb) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grein past of grina === References === “grein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig, branch, limb”), of unknown origin, but compare the verb greina (“to separate into parts, divide”). Related to Old English grǣfa, grāf (whence English grove), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch”). ==== Noun ==== grein f (genitive greinar, plural greinir) branch (of a tree) point, head, part í annarri grein ― in second place cause, reason fyrir þá grein ― for that reason distinction understanding, discernment gløggrar greinar ― sharpwitted dissent, discord vald fyrir utan alla grein ― undisputed power ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “grein”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== grein second-person singular imperative of greina inflection of grína: first-person singular past indicative third-person singular past indicative