grassen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɑsən/
• Hyphenation: gras‧sen

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• Rhymes: -ɑsən

Noun

grassen

1. plural of gras

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gresse, grase, gryssen

Etymology

From gras +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrasən/, /ˈɡrɛsən/, /ˈɡrisən/

Verb

grassen

1. (rare) To grass; to develop grass or have grass growing on.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grassen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) grassen, grasse
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	grasse	grassed
2nd-person singular	grassest	grassedest
3rd-person singular	grasseth	grassed
subjunctive singular	grasse
imperative singular		—
plural1	grassen, grasse	grasseden, grassede
imperative plural	grasseth, grasse	—
participles	grassynge, grassende	grassed, ygrassed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: grass
• Scots: gress, girse

References

• “grassen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.