Grønland
See also: Grönland
Danish
Etymology
From grøn (“green”) + land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrœnlan/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌlænˀ]
Proper noun
Grønland (genitive Grønlands)
- Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
Related terms
- grønlandsk ("Greenlandic")
- grønlænder ("Greenlander")
See also
- Grønland on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Faroese
Etymology
From grønur (“green”) + land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹœnlant/
Proper noun
Grønland n (genitive Grønlands)
- Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Grønland |
| accusative | Grønland |
| dative | Grønlandi |
| genitive | Grønlands |
Related terms
- grønlendingur (“Greenlander”)
- grønlendskur (“Greenlandic”)
See also
- Grønland on the Faroese Wikipedia.Wikipedia fo
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From grøn (“green”) + land, from Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrœn.lɑnː/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑnː
Proper noun
Grønland
- Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
Derived terms
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹ɡrønlan(d)/
- Rhymes: -and, -an
Etymology 1
From Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”), from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”). Akin to English Greenland.
Proper noun
Grønland n
- Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
Derived terms
- grønlandsfalk (“Falco rusticolus candicans”)
- grønlandsfarar
- grønlandsgås (“Branta leucopsis”)
- grønlandshare (“Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus”)
- Grønlandshavet
- grønlandshund
- grønlandsk, grønlendsk (“Greenlandic”)
- grønlandskval
- grønlandslaks
- grønlandsmyrsnipe (“Calidris alpina arctica”)
- grønlandsmåse (“Larus glaucoides”)
- grønlandsreise
- grønlandsrev
- grønlandssel (“Pagophilus groenlandicus”)
- grønlandssteinskvett (“Oenanthe oenanthe leucorrhoa”)
- grønlandsstorr (“Carex scirpoidea”)
- grønlending (“someone from Greenland”)
- Grønlendingesoga (“Saga of the Greenlanders”)
Etymology 2
From Grønland (“Greenland”).
Proper noun
Grønland n
- a neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway