grut

See also: Grut

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grutte, gurte, from Old Dutch *grutti, from Proto-West Germanic *gruti, related to *greut (“grit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrʏt/

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• Rhymes: -ʏt

Noun

grut n (plural grutten, diminutive grutje n)

1. (countable and uncountable) groat, broken-up or ground grain
2. (countable) small stuff, little things
3. (uncountable) children

   Zeg, wilt g' uw klein grut 'ne keer bijhouden? Da staat hier altijd maar te jengelen, te janken en te bleiten rond m'n benen, om zot van te worden!

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• groet, groeët, groeat (Veldeke spelling)
• gruët (Eupen spelling)
• gruut (German-based spelling, alternative spelling form)
• groit, grout, groot, groat, graot

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁuːt/
• (East Limburgish-Ripuarian) IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁuə̯t/
• (Maastrichtian) IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁut/
• Rhymes: -uːt, -uə̯t, -ut

Adjective

grut (masculine grute, feminine grute, comparative gruter or gröter, superlative grütste or grötste or grutste) (German-based spelling)

1. big, large
2. great, grand
3. (of living things) tall
4. (of people) adult, full-grown
5. (Selfkant) pregnant

Middle English

Noun

grut

1. Alternative form of growte

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grut (comparative gruter, superlative grutst)

1. (Mooring) big, large

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrʉːt/

Noun

grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)

1. coffee grounds

References

“grut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrʉːt/

Noun

grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)

1. coffee grounds

Usage notes

• Prior to a 2018 spelling decision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

• “grut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• trug

Old English

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Germanic *grūtą, *grutą, probably related to *greutą (“grit”). Compare Old Norse grautr; from which Icelandic grautur (“porridge”), Swedish gröt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːt/

Noun

grūt f

1. malt mash

Declension

Declension of grut (feminine)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	grūt	—
accusative	grūt	—
genitive	grūt	—
dative	grȳt, grūt	—

Descendants

• Middle English: growte, grout
  • English: grout

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grut”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grut

1. big, large
2. great

Inflection

Inflection of grut
uninflected	grut
inflected	grutte
comparative	grutter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		grut	grutter	it grutst it grutste
indefinite	c. sing.	grutte	gruttere	grutste
	n. sing.	grut	grutter	grutste
	plural	grutte	gruttere	grutste
definite		grutte	gruttere	grutste
partitive		gruts	grutters	—

Derived terms

• grutsk

Further reading

• “grut (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

grut

1. Alternative form of gurt

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 44