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gries
gries
German
Etymology
Via German Low German from Middle Low German grīs (“grey”). Cognate to standard German Greis (“old man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /gʁiːs/
Adjective
gries (comparative grieser, superlative am griesesten)
- (regional, northern and western Germany, rather rare) grey, greyish
- Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden...
- You could get depressive with all those grey clouds...
- Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden...
Synonyms
- grau (the normal word)
Related terms
Low German
Etymology
Cognate to German Greis, Dutch grijs.
Adjective
gries (comparative grieser, superlative griesest)
Declension
Positive forms of {{{head}}}
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is gries | se is gries | dat is gries | se sünd gries | |
| partitive | een Grieses | een Grieses | wat Grieses | allens Griese | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | griese | griese | gries | griese |
| oblique | griesen | griese | gries | griese | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de griese | de griese | dat griese | de griesen |
| oblique | den griesen | de griese | dat griese | de griesen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en griese | en griese | en gries/grieset | (keen) griesen |
| oblique | en griesen | en griese | en gries/grieset | (keen) griesen | |
Comparative forms of {{{head}}}
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is grieser | se is grieser | dat is grieser | se sünd grieser | |
| partitive | een griesers | een griesers | wat griesers | allens grieser | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | griesere | griesere | grieser | griesere |
| oblique | griesern | griesere | grieser | griesere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de griesere | de griesere | dat griesere | de griesern |
| oblique | den griesern | de griesere | dat griesere | de griesern | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en griesere | en griesere | en grieser | (keen) griesern |
| oblique | en griesern | en griesere | en grieser | (keen) griesern | |
Superlative forms of {{{head}}}
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is de Grieseste | se is de Grieseste | dat is dat Grieseste | se sünd de Griesesten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | grieseste | grieseste | griesest | grieseste |
| oblique | griesesten | grieseste | griesest | grieseste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de grieseste | de grieseste | dat grieseste | de griesesten |
| oblique | den griesesten | de grieseste | dat grieseste | de griesesten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en grieseste | en grieseste | en griesest | (keen) griesesten |
| oblique | en griesesten | en grieseste | en griesest | (keen) griesesten | |