grut
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch grutte, gurte, from Old Dutch *grutti, from Proto-West Germanic *gruti, related to *greut (“grit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣrʏt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʏt
Noun
grut n (plural grutten, diminutive grutje n)
- (countable and uncountable) groat, broken-up or ground grain
- (countable) small stuff, little things
- (uncountable) children
- "Say, would you keep your little kid with you? It's always complaining, crying and screaming around my legs, it's to become crazy of!"
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- groet, groeët, groeat (Veldeke spelling)
- gruët (Eupen spelling)
- gruut (German-based spelling, alternative spelling form)
- groit, grout, groot, groat, graot
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch grôot, from Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣʁuːt/
- (East Limburgish-Ripuarian) IPA(key): /ˈɣʁuə̯t/
- (Maastrichtian) IPA(key): /ˈɣʁut/
- Rhymes: -uːt, -uə̯t, -ut
Adjective
grut (masculine grute, feminine grute, comparative gruter or gröter, superlative grütste or grötste or grutste) (German-based spelling)
Middle English
Noun
grut
- alternative form of growte
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- grat (Föhr-Amrum)
- gurt (Sylt)
Etymology
From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective
grut (comparative gruter, superlative grutst)
Inflection
masculine | feminine / neuter |
plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | |||
positive | ||||
predicative / adverbial | grut | |||
attributive / independent | gruten | grute | grut | grute |
partitive | gruts | — | ||
comparative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | gruter | |||
attributive / independent | gruteren | grutere | gruter | grutere |
partitive | gruters | — | ||
superlative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | am grutsten | |||
attributive / independent | — | grutste | grutst | grutste |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrʉːt/
Noun
grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)
References
“grut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrʉːt/
Noun
grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)
Usage notes
- Prior to a 2018 spelling decision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.
References
- “grut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
Probably from a Proto-Germanic *grūtą, *grutą, probably related to *greutą (“grit”). Compare Old Norse grautr; from which Icelandic grautur (“porridge”), Swedish gröt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡruːt/
Noun
grūt f
Declension
(feminine):
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | grūt | — |
accusative | grūt | — |
genitive | grūt | — |
dative | grȳt, grūt | — |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grut”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Grut”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle English grit.
Noun
grut m (uncountable)
Derived terms
- grutgen (“tartar”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle English grytt.
Noun
grut m (plural grution)
Mutation
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
grut | rut | ngrut | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “grut”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “grut”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective
grut
Inflection
Inflection of grut | ||||
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uninflected | grut | |||
inflected | grutte | |||
comparative | grutter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | grut | grutter | it grutst it grutste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | grutte | gruttere | grutste |
n. sing. | grut | grutter | grutste | |
plural | grutte | gruttere | grutste | |
definite | grutte | gruttere | grutste | |
partitive | gruts | grutters | — |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “grut (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Noun
grut
- alternative form of gurt
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 44