grøn

See also: gron and grön

Danish

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (green), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (grow, become green).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrœnˀ/, [ɡ̊ʁɶnˀ], [kʁɶ̝nˀ]

Adjective

grøn

  1. green (having green as its colour)
  2. green (inexperienced)
  3. green (environmentally friendly)
  4. (as a noun) green (colour)

Inflection

Inflection of grøn
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular grøn grønnere grønnest2
indefinite neuter singular grønt grønnere grønnest2
plural grønne grønnere grønnest2
definite attributive1 grønne grønnere grønneste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød, mørkerød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime, lysegrøn              grøn, mørkegrøn              mintgrøn
             cyan; turkis, lyseblå              azurblå, himmelblå              blå, mørkeblå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød, rosa

References

Faroese

Adjective

grøn

  1. inflection of grønur:
    1. feminine nominative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-.

Adjective

grøn

  1. green

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grøn (masculine and feminine grøn, neuter grønt, definite singular and plural grøne, comparative grønere, indefinite superlative grønest, definite superlative grøneste)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by grønn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (green). Cognates with English green.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrøːn/

Adjective

grøn (neuter grønt, definite singular and plural grøne, comparative grønare, indefinite superlative grønast, definite superlative grønaste)

  1. green (having green as its colour)
    Graset var grønt.
    The grass was green.
  2. unexperienced
  3. politics with focus on agriculture, rural areas, environment and resources
  4. angry

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Adjective

grø̄n

  1. green
  2. new, fresh

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: grön