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groen

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See also: Groen and grön

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch groen, from Middle Dutch groene, from Old Dutch *gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /χrun/
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Adjective

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groen (attributive groen, comparative groener, superlative groenste)

  1. green

Inflection

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch groene, from Old Dutch *gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Compare Low German grön, gröön, German grün, West Frisian grien, English green, Danish grøn.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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groen (comparative groener, superlative groenst)

  1. green
    De bomen worden in de lente groen.The trees turn green in the spring.
  2. (ecology) pertaining to terrestrial nature
    Coordinate terms: blauw, groenblauw
  3. (politics) green, relating to green parties, green politics or sustainability in general
    Ze stemde op de groene partij vanwege hun beleid over klimaatverandering.She voted for the green party because of their policy on climate change.
    De stad heeft groene initiatieven gelanceerd om de CO2-uitstoot te verminderen.The city has launched green initiatives to reduce carbon emissions.

Declension

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Declension of groen
uninflected groen
inflected groene
comparative groener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial groen groener het groenst
het groenste
indefinite m./f. sing. groene groenere groenste
n. sing. groen groener groenste
plural groene groenere groenste
definite groene groenere groenste
partitive groens groeners

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: groen
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: grun
  • Negerhollands: groen, grun
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: gruin
  • Sranan Tongo: grun

Noun

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groen n (uncountable)

  1. the colour green

See also

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Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

Luxembourgish

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Adjective

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groen

  1. masculine nominative of gro
  2. masculine accusative of gro
  3. masculine dative of gro
  4. neuter dative of gro
  5. plural dative of gro

Welsh

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Noun

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groen

  1. Soft mutation of croen (skin).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of croen
radical soft nasal aspirate
croen groen nghroen chroen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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