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Grönland

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See also: Grønland, Groenland, and Grœnland

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish Grønland and/or Low German Gröönland.[1] Ultimately, from Old Norse Grœnland (Greenland), from grœnn (green) +‎ land (land).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁøːnlant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

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Grönland n (proper noun, genitive Grönlands or (optionally with an article) Grönland)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
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References

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  1. ^ Heinrich Thies ((Can we date this quote?)) “Gröönland”, in SASS Plattdeutsches Netzwörterbuch (in German), Welt: Fehrs-Gilde, Gesellschaft für niederdeutsche Sprachpflege, Literatur und Sprachpolitik e.V.

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Danish Grønland, from Old Norse Grœnland (Greenland), from grœnn (green) + land (land).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrønlɒnd]
  • Hyphenation: Grön‧land
  • Rhymes: -ɒnd

Proper noun

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Grönland

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Grönland
accusative Grönlandot
dative Grönlandnak
instrumental Grönlanddal
causal-final Grönlandért
translative Grönlanddá
terminative Grönlandig
essive-formal Grönlandként
essive-modal
inessive Grönlandban
superessive Grönlandon
adessive Grönlandnál
illative Grönlandba
sublative Grönlandra
allative Grönlandhoz
elative Grönlandból
delative Grönlandról
ablative Grönlandtól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Grönlandé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Grönlandéi
Possessive forms of Grönland
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Grönlandom
2nd person sing. Grönlandod
3rd person sing. Grönlandja
1st person plural Grönlandunk
2nd person plural Grönlandotok
3rd person plural Grönlandjuk

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Grœnland (Greenland); corresponds to grön (green) +‎ land (land, country).

Proper noun

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Grönland n (genitive Grönlands)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Danish Grønland, from Old Norse Grœnland (Greenland), from grœnn (green) + land (land).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Grönland

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

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Derived terms

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