grå
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /ɡʁɔːˀ/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɔˀ], [ˈkʁɔ̽ˀ]
Adjective edit
grå (neuter gråt, plural and definite singular attributive grå)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
hvid | grå | sort |
rød; højrød | orange; brun | gul; flødefarvet |
lime | grøn | |
cyan; turkis | azurblå | blå |
violet; indigo | magenta; lilla | lyserød |
References edit
- “grå” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse grár (“grey, spiteful”), from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).
Cognate with German grau, Dutch grauw, and English grey.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråere, indefinite superlative gråest, definite superlative gråeste)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “grå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 242
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, Dutch graauw, and English grey.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråare, indefinite superlative gråast, definite superlative gråaste)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
kvit | grå | svart |
raud | oransje; brun | gul |
grøn | ||
(turkis) | blå | |
rosa; lilla | rosa |
References edit
- “grå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
grå (comparative gråare, superlative gråast)
- grey
- (colloquial) boring, dull; with a boring appearance
Inflection edit
Inflection of grå | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | grå | gråare | gråast |
Neuter singular | grått | gråare | gråast |
Plural | grå, gråa | gråare | gråast |
Masculine plural3 | grå, gråa | gråare | gråast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | grå, gråe | gråare | gråaste |
All | grå, gråa | gråare | gråare |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |