gries

English

Noun

gries

  1. plural of gry

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From German Low German, from Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs (“grey”). Doublet of greis (“aged, grey-haired”) and Greis (“old man”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁiːs/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

gries (strong nominative masculine singular grieser, comparative grieser, superlative am griesesten)

  1. (regional, Northern Germany, west German, rather rare) grey, greyish (chiefly of hair and weather)
    Synonym: (standard) grau
    Bei all den griesen Wolken kann man ja depressiv werden…
    You could get depressive with all those grey clouds…
    • 1896, Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest‎, Berlin: F. Fontane & Co., page 439:
      Hübsch sollen sie sein, weil es jeden Besucher, wenigstens die Männer, stört, eine lange Stakete mit griesem Teint und schwarzen Rändern in der Türöffnung erscheinen zu sehen, und ein wahres Glück, daß die Korridore meistens so dunkel sind.
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Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “gries” in Duden online
  • “gries” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs. Cognate to German Greis, Dutch grijs.

Adjective

gries (comparative grieser, superlative griesest)

  1. grey

Declension
Positive forms of gries
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/griesen en griese en gries/grieset (keen) griesen
oblique en griesen en griese en gries/grieset (keen) griesen
Comparative forms of gries
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/grieseren en griesere en grieser (keen) griesern
oblique en griesern en griesere en grieser (keen) griesern
Superlative forms of gries
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/griesesten en grieseste en griesest (keen) griesesten
oblique en griesesten en grieseste en griesest (keen) griesesten
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Synonyms

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs. Cognates include dialectal Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and West Frisian griis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣris/
  • Hyphenation: gries
  • Rhymes: -is

Adjective

gries (masculine griezen, feminine, plural or definite grieze, comparative griezer, superlative griest)

  1. grey

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “gries”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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