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Yes. The word grein is a Scrabble US word. The word grein is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word grein is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (5 found)

ERING,GREIN,NIGER,REIGN,RENIG,

4-letter words (7 found)

GIEN,GIRN,GREN,GRIN,REIN,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (16 found)

ENG,ERG,ERN,GEN,GER,GIE,GIN,ING,IRE,NEG,NIE,REG,REI,REN,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,ER,GI,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from grein according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of grein

grein rgein gerin egrin regin ergin grien rgien giren igren rigen irgen geirn egirn giern igern eigrn iegrn reign erign riegn iregn eirgn iergn greni rgeni gerni egrni regni ergni grnei rgnei gnrei ngrei rngei nrgei genri egnri gneri ngeri engri negri rengi erngi rnegi nregi enrgi nergi grine rgine girne igrne rigne irgne grnie rgnie gnrie ngrie rngie nrgie ginre ignre gnire ngire ingre nigre ringe irnge rnige nrige inrge nirge geinr eginr gienr igenr eignr iegnr genir egnir gneir ngeir engir negir giner igner gnier ngier inger niger eingr iengr enigr neigr inegr niegr reing ering rieng ireng eirng ierng renig ernig rneig nreig enrig nerig rineg irneg rnieg nrieg inreg nireg einrg ienrg enirg neirg inerg nierg

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Definitions and meaning of grein

grein

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grein (“a grain”), from French grain (“a grain”), from Latin grānum (“a grain”). Doublet with Dutch graan (“grain”), which descended directly from Latin grānum (“a grain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje n)

  1. a small something; a grain

Related terms

  • grofgrein, grofgreinen

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: grein (dated), krenchi (from the diminutive)

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

Pronunciation

Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar or greinir)

  1. branch
  2. article (in a newspaper, dictionary, ...)
  3. (law) paragraph, article
Declension
Related terms
  • blað
  • leyv
  • leyvfellandi

Etymology 2

Verb

grein

  1. imperative singular of greina

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Verb

grein

  1. singular imperative of greinen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of greinen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kreiːn/
    Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, nominative plural greinar or greinir)

  1. branch
  2. article, piece
  3. subject, field

Declension

Derived terms

  • trjágrein

Related terms

  • greinir

Anagrams

  • greni, negri

Middle English

Noun

grein

  1. Alternative form of greyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

Noun

grein f or m (definite singular greina or greinen, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

  1. Alternative form of gren
Derived terms
  • greine (verb)
  • greinkryper

Etymology 2

Verb

grein

  1. imperative of greine

References

  • “grein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɛɪːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

Noun

grein f (definite singular greina, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)

  1. a branch (of a tree etc.)
Derived terms
  • greine (verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

grein

  1. past of grina

References

  • “grein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig, branch, limb”), of unknown origin, but compare the verb greina (“to separate into parts, divide”).

Related to Old English grǣfa, grāf (whence English grove), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch”).

Noun

grein f (genitive greinar, plural greinir)

  1. branch (of a tree)
  2. point, head, part
    í annarri grein ― in second place
  3. cause, reason
    fyrir þá grein ― for that reason
  4. distinction
  5. understanding, discernment
    gløggrar greinar ― sharpwitted
  6. dissent, discord
    vald fyrir utan alla grein ― undisputed power
Declension
Descendants

References

  • “grein”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grein

  1. second-person singular imperative of greina
  2. inflection of grína:
    1. first-person singular past indicative
    2. third-person singular past indicative

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