gråt
Elfdalian
Verb
gråt
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative of gråta
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gråt
- inflection of gråte:
- imperative
- simple past
Noun
gråt m (definite singular gråten, indefinite plural gråter, definite plural gråtene)
- crying
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡroːt/
Etymology 1
Noun
gråt m (definite singular gråten, uncountable)
- crying
- Dei høyrde gråt frå rommet.
- They heard crying from the room.
Etymology 2
Verb
gråt
- imperative of gråta
References
- “gråt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse grátr. Compare Danish gråd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡroːt/
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Verb
gråt
- imperative of gråta
Noun
gråt c
- crying, weeping
- tears (when more idiomatic)
- 1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Under ytan [Beneath the Surface]”, in Uno[1]:
- Under ytan finns stora och små. Under ytan finns det skratt och gråt. Det finns mycket där som händer som vi inte kan förstå, men vi hittar alltid svaren där i botten av oss själva.
- Beneath the surface, there are big and small. Beneath the surface, there is laughter and tears [crying]. There is a lot there that happens that we cannot understand, but we always find the answers, there at the bottom of ourselves.
- tears (when more idiomatic)
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | gråt | gråts |
definite | gråten | gråtens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
- gråt och tandagnisslan (“weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth”)
Related terms
- gråta (“cry”)