grinden

== Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English grind. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡrɑi̯ndə(n)/ ==== Verb ==== grinden (skateboarding) to grind (dance) to grind (dance closely in a sexy way) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From grind (“gravel”) +‎ -en. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɣrɪndə(n)/ Rhymes: -ɪndən ==== Verb ==== grinden (transitive) to cover with gravel ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle Dutch grinden, from Old Dutch *grindan, from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną. ==== Pronunciation ==== Like etymology 2 above. ==== Verb ==== grinden (transitive, obsolete) to grind ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 4 === Probably a byform of (now also obsolete) grinnen. Alternatively it has been explained from etymology 3 through a theoretical intermediate “grind one's teeth”, but this seems far-fetched. The development of the d is easily explained from the inflections grin(d)t, grin(d)de, gegrind. ==== Pronunciation ==== Like etymology 2 above. ==== Verb ==== grinden (intransitive, obsolete) to grin (Can we verify(+) this sense?) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== grienen grinniken grijnzen == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English gryndan, from Proto-West Germanic *grundijan, from Proto-Germanic *grundijaną; equivalent to ground +‎ -en. === Verb === grinden (hapax legomenon) to set, go down (of the sun, moon, stars) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== References ==== “grīnden, v2.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === grinda === Noun === grinden m or f definite masculine singular of grind == Swedish == === Noun === grinden definite singular of grind