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grien

grien

Dutch

Verb

grien

first-person singular present indicative of grienen
imperative of grienen

German

Verb

grien

Imperative singular of grienen.
(colloquial) First-person singular present of grienen.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grēne, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Compare English green, Low German gröön, Dutch groen, German grün, Danish grøn.

Noun

grien

green

Adjective

grien (inflected griene)

green

"Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Frysk." (Bread, butter, and green cheese; whoever can't say this is no proper [West] Frisian. Shibboleth from Friesland Dutch war. See wikipedia.)