grunten

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English grunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrʏn.tə(n)/
• Hyphenation: grun‧ten

Verb

grunten

1. (intransitive, transitive, music) to shout death growls, to growl [from ca. 1990s]
   • 1994 August 31, “Ook tweede Lowlands geslaagd”, in De Telegraaf, page 16:

     Zoals de snoeiharde sm-metal van de Genitorturers uit de Verenigde Staten. De als een kerel gruntende zangeres Gen bracht tot groot genoegen van het publiek voorverwarmde tepelklemmen, tong- en navelpiercings aan bij haar bandleden, die daarna ook nog eens met een leren zweep werden afgerost.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Conjugation of grunten (weak)
infinitive	grunten
past singular	gruntte
past participle	gegrunt
infinitive	grunten
gerund	grunten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	grunt	gruntte
2nd person sing. (jij)	grunt	gruntte
2nd person sing. (u)	grunt	gruntte
2nd person sing. (gij)	grunt	gruntte
3rd person singular	grunt	gruntte
plural	grunten	gruntten
subjunctive sing.1	grunte	gruntte
subjunctive plur.1	grunten	gruntten
imperative sing.	grunt
imperative plur.1	grunt
participles	gruntend	gegrunt
1) Archaic.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gronte, gronten, grunt, grunte, grunton

Etymology

Inherited from Old English grunnettan, from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną. Equivalent to groynen +‎ -ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡruntən/

Verb

grunten (third-person singular simple present grunteth, present participle gruntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative grunte, past participle grunt)

1. To grunt or groan as or like an animal; to make beastly calls.
2. To moan; to make a groaning or moaning sound.
3. (rare) To grind teeth together.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grunten (weak in -te/-ed)

infinitive	(to) grunten, grunte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	grunte	grunte, grunted
2nd-person singular	gruntest	gruntest, gruntedest
3rd-person singular	grunteth	grunte, grunted
subjunctive singular	grunte
imperative singular		—
plural1	grunten, grunte	grunten, grunte, grunteden, gruntede
imperative plural	grunteth, grunte	—
participles	gruntynge, gruntende	grunt, grunted

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

Derived terms

• gruntynge

Related terms

• grinten

Descendants

• English: grunt
• Scots: grunt

References

• “grunten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.