See also: grat, GRAT, grät, and gråt

German

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Middle High German grāt, from Old High German grāt, according to Pokorny, probably related to Proto-Germanic *granō (awn).[1] Doublet of Gräte.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

Grat m (strong, genitive Grates or Grats, plural Grate)

  1. ridge
  2. edge
  3. flash
  4. (metallurgy) burr

Declension

edit
edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “440”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 440

Further reading

edit