grå

See also: gra, Gra, grá, and grã

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

AdjectiveEdit

grå (neuter gråt, plural and definite singular attributive grå)

1. grey
2. (as a noun) grey (colour)

Derived termsEdit

• grålig
• gråne
• gråtone
• gråzone

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

• “grå” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, Dutch graauw, and English grey

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoː/

AdjectiveEdit

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråere, indefinite superlative gråest, definite superlative gråeste)

1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from grå

• gråaktig
• gråhvit

• gråhåret, gråhåra
• grålig

• gråsone
• sølvgrå

Related termsEdit

• gråne

ReferencesEdit

• “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

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, Dutch graauw, and English grey

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡroː/

AdjectiveEdit

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråare, indefinite superlative gråast, definite superlative gråaste)

1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from grå

• gråaktig
• gråhåra

• gråleg
• gråsidemus

• gråsone
• sylvgrå, sølvgrå

Related termsEdit

• gråne, gråna

See alsoEdit

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
kvit	grå	svart	brun
rosa	raud	oransje	gul
	grøn		(turkis)
	blå		rosa ; lilla

ReferencesEdit

• “grå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -oː

AdjectiveEdit

grå (comparative gråare, superlative gråast)

1. grey
2. (colloquial) boring, dull; with a boring appearance

InflectionEdit

Inflection of grå
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	grå	gråare	gråast
Neuter singular	grått	gråare	gråast
Plural	gråa	gråare	gråast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	gråe	gråare	gråaste
All	gråa	gråare	gråaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.