gren

== English == === Verb === gren (third-person singular simple present grens, present participle grenning, simple past and past participle grenned) Obsolete spelling of grin. === Anagrams === Eng'r, Engr, engr., gern == Albanian == === Noun === gren m eggs (of silk worm) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “gren”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish gren, from Old Norse grein (“branch”), from Proto-Germanic *grainō. Maybe related to the verb *grīnaną, if the original meaning was "to yawn". The noun has replaced the older Germanic word for "branch", *astaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛːˀn/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæˀn] === Noun === gren c (singular definite grenen, plural indefinite grene) a branch, bough (protrusion of wood from the trunk of a tree) (figuratively) a branch (something that branches from something else) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: gren == Low German == === Adjective === gren (German Low German) alternative form of green == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === grein === Etymology === From Danish gren (“branch, bough”), from Old Danish gren, from Old Norse grein (“branch, point, part”), from Proto-Germanic *grain-. === Noun === gren f or m (definite singular grena or grenen, indefinite plural grener, definite plural grenene) a branch (of a tree etc.) ==== Derived terms ==== abildgren olivengren palmegren === References === “gren” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse grein === Noun === gren c a branch (on a tree or bush) a branch (part that splits off like a branch, concretely or abstractly) a branch (line of family descent) a branch (subdivision) (sports) an event, a discipline an event (one of several contests that combine to make up a competition – only put separately from the sense above since "discipline" sounds off here) (usually in the definite) a crotch (area where the legs split from the torso, or the corresponding area on clothing) Synonym: skrev ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== friidrottsgren grenuttag idrottsgren paradgren trädgren ==== Related terms ==== förgrena grena ==== Trivia ==== Both kvist (“twig”) and gren (“branch”) often appear in Swedish last names. ==== See also ==== disciplin klyka kvist (“twig”) === References === “gren”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gren”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gren”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Volapük == === Etymology === Borrowed from English grain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡɾen] === Noun === gren (genitive grena, plural grens) grain (British English: corn) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== glen (obsolete spelling, l > r) ==== Hypernyms ==== plan ==== Derived terms ==== grenabarak grenöp ==== See also ==== gran