grå

See also: gra, Gra, grá, and grã

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɡʁɔːˀ/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɔˀ], [ˈkʁɔ̽ˀ]

Adjective

grå (neuter gråt, plural and definite singular attributive grå)

  1. grey
  2. (as a noun) grey (colour)

Derived terms

See also
Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime              grøn             
             cyan; turkis              azurblå              blå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse grár (“grey, spiteful”), from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).

Cognate with German grau, Dutch grauw, and English grey.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾoː/
  • (Fredrikstad) IPA(key): [ɡɾo̞ː]

Adjective

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråere, indefinite superlative gråest, definite superlative gråeste)

  1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived terms

References
  • “grå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 242

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, Dutch graauw, and English grey.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡroː/

Adjective

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråare, indefinite superlative gråast, definite superlative gråaste)

  1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

Derived terms

See also
Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

grå (comparative gråare, superlative gråast)

  1. grey
  2. (colloquial) boring, dull; with a boring appearance

Inflection
Inflection of grå
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grå gråare gråast
Neuter singular grått gråare gråast
Plural grå, gråa gråare gråast
Masculine plural3 grå, gråa gråare gråast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 grå, gråe gråare gråaste
All grå, gråa gråare gråare
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

Anagrams
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