Grobian
See also: grobian
German edit
Etymology edit
Earlier Grobianus, humorously formed from grob (“coarse”) + Latin -iānus. Compare Dummerjan, Liederjan etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Grobian m (strong, genitive Grobianes or Grobians, plural Grobiane)
- brute
- 1819, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Dem Schenken”, in West-östlicher Divan[1]; republished as Edward Dowden, transl., West-Eastern Divan, 1914:
- Setze mir nicht, du Grobian, / Mir den Krug so derb vor die Nase
- Clown, do not clap the vessel that you bear / In such rough fashion here beneath my nose!
Declension edit
Declension of Grobian [masculine, strong]
Descendants edit
- → English: grobian
- → Norwegian Bokmål: grobian
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: grobian
- → Polish: grubianin
- → Romanian: grobian
- → Russian: грубиян (grubijan)
- → Swedish: grobian
Further reading edit
- “Grobian” in Duden online
- “Grobian” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Grobian” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.