See also: Groot and groot-

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch groot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /χrʊət/
  • Audio (Johannesburg):(file)

Adjective

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groot (attributive groot, comparative groter, superlative grootste)

  1. great; big; large
    Antonym: klein
    Hoofstede is groot en lawaaierig.
    Capital cities are big and noisy.

Inflection

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch grôot, from Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

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groot (comparative groter, superlative grootst)

  1. big, large, great
    Antonym: klein
    Kijk, wat een groot gebouw!Look, what a big building!
  2. great, important, eminent, heroic
    Rachel Carson was een groot schrijfster.Rachel Carson was a great writer.
  3. tall
    Synonym: lang
    Antonyms: klein, kort
    Hij is vijf centimeter groter.He is five centimeters taller.
  4. adult
    Synonym: volwassen
    Antonym: klein
    Als ik later groot ben wil ik lexicograaf worden!When I grow up I want to be a lexicographer!

Declension

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Declension of groot
uninflected groot
inflected grote
comparative groter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial groot groter het grootst
het grootste
indefinite m./f. sing. grote grotere grootste
n. sing. groot groter grootste
plural grote grotere grootste
definite grote grotere grootste
partitive groots groters

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species names

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: groot
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
  • Jersey Dutch: x'rôt
  • Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
    • Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
  • Petjo: groot
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: groat

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German Low German

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Alternative forms

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  • grout (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

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From Middle Low German grôt, from Old Saxon grōt, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡroːt/, /ɣroːt/

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groot (comparative grötter, superlative gröttst)

  1. big, great
    Kiek mal, wat en groot Huus!
    Look, what a big house!
  2. large
    Dat is so'n grote Straat!
    That's such a broad street!
  3. tall
    Peter is ganz grötter as Thomas!
    Peter is taller than Thomas!
  4. adult
    Du büst nu groot! Do dat nich mehr!
    You're an adult now! Don't do that!

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

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grôot (comparative grôter)

  1. big, large
  2. tall
  3. adult
  4. important, great

Inflection

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Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite grôot grôte grôot grôte
Definite grôte grôte
Accusative Indefinite grôten grôte grôot grôte
Definite grôte
Genitive Indefinite grôots grôter grôots grôter
Definite grôots, grôten grôots, grôten
Dative grôten grôter grôten grôten

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Adverb

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grôot

  1. greatly, very

Further reading

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Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From German Low German groot

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groot (comparative jrata, superlative jratsta)

  1. big, large
  2. great, immense
  3. massive, ample
  4. grand
  5. important, great
    • 2003, De Bibel, Markus (Mark) 10:43:
      Mank junt saul daut oba nich soo sennen; wäa mank junt well groot sennen, saul jun Deena sennen;
      But that shall not be so among you; whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant;

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Cognates include West Frisian grut and German groß.

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groot (masculine groten, feminine, plural or definite grote, comparative gratter, superlative grootst)

  1. big, large
  2. adult, grown-up

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  • (antonym(s) of big): litje

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References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “groot”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN