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Definitions and meaning of gren

gren

English

Verb

gren (third-person singular simple present grens, present participle grenning, simple past and past participle grenned)

1. Obsolete spelling of grin.

Anagrams

• Eng'r, Engr, engr., gern

Albanian

Noun

gren m

1. eggs (of silk worm)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish gren, from Old Norse grein (“branch”), from Proto-Germanic *grainō. Maybe related to the verb *grīnaną, if the original meaning was "to yawn". The noun has replaced the older Germanic word for "branch", *astaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛːˀn/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæˀn]

Noun

gren c (singular definite grenen, plural indefinite grene)

1. a branch, bough (protrusion of wood from the trunk of a tree)
2. (figuratively) a branch (something that branches from something else)

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: gren

German Low German

Adjective

gren

1. alternative form of green

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grein

Etymology

From Danish gren (“branch, bough”), from Old Danish gren, from Old Norse grein (“branch, point, part”), from Proto-Germanic *grain-.

Noun

gren f or m (definite singular grena or grenen, indefinite plural grener, definite plural grenene)

1. a branch (of a tree etc.)

Derived terms

• abildgren
• olivengren
• palmegren

References

• “gren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grein

Noun

gren c

1. a branch (on a tree or bush)

2. a branch (part that splits off like a branch, concretely or abstractly)
   1. a branch (line of family descent)

3. a branch (subdivision)
   1. (sports) an event, a discipline

   2. an event (one of several contests that combine to make up a competition – only put separately from the sense above since "discipline" sounds off here)

4. (usually in the definite) a crotch (area where the legs split from the torso, or the corresponding area on clothing)

   Synonym: skrev

Declension

Derived terms

• friidrottsgren
• grenuttag
• idrottsgren
• paradgren
• trädgren

Related terms

• förgrena
• grena

Trivia

Both kvist (“twig”) and gren (“branch”) often appear in Swedish last names.

See also

• disciplin
• klyka
• kvist (“twig”)

References

• gren in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gren in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English grain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɾen]

Noun

gren (nominative plural grens)

1. grain (British English: corn)

Declension

Synonyms

• glen (obsolete spelling, l > r)

Hypernyms

• plan

Derived terms

• grenabarak
• grenöp

See also

• gran