# gren
## English
### Verb

gren (third-person singular simple present grens, present participle grenning, simple past and past participle grenned)
* Obsolete spelling of grin.
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:And some of Tygres, that did seeme to gren And snar at all that ever passed by

### Anagrams

* Eng'r, Engr, engr., gern

## Albanian
### Noun

gren m
* eggs (of silk worm)

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish gren, from Old Norse grein (“branch”), from Proto-Germanic *grainō. Maybe related to the verb *grīnaną, if the original meaning was "to yawn". The noun has replaced the older Germanic word for "branch", *astaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɛːˀn/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæˀn]

### Noun

gren c (singular definite grenen, plural indefinite grene)
* a branch, bough (protrusion of wood from the trunk of a tree)
* (figuratively) a branch (something that branches from something else)
    I vore dage anser mange astronomi som en gren af fysik, men historisk har de udviklet sig fuldstændig uafhængigt af hinanden.In our days, many people see astronomy as a branch of physics, but historically, they've developed completely independently of each other.
    gren af en slægt, en virksomhedbranch of a family, a company

#### Descendants

* Norwegian Bokmål: gren

## German Low German
### Adjective

gren
* Alternative form of green

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* grein

### Etymology

From Danish gren (“branch, bough”), from Old Danish gren, from Old Norse grein (“branch, point, part”), from Proto-Germanic *grain-.

### Noun

gren f or m (definite singular grena or grenen, indefinite plural grener, definite plural grenene)
* a branch (of a tree etc.)

#### Derived terms

* abildgren
* olivengren
* palmegren

### References

* “gren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse grein

### Noun

gren c
* a branch (on a tree or bush)
    Träd har grenar och kvistarTrees have branches and twigs
    Det hänger ett äpple på grenenThere is an apple hanging on the branch
    Hon bröt av en gren från trädetShe broke off a branch from the tree
* a branch (part that splits off like a branch, concretely or abstractly)
    grenuttagpower strip ("branch outlet")
** a branch (line of family descent)
    den finska grenen av familjenthe Finnish branch of the family
* a branch (subdivision)
    Geometri är en gren av matematikenGeometry is a branch of mathematics
    den norska grenen av organisationenthe Norwegian branch of the organization
** (sports) an event, a discipline
    Längdhopp och tresteg är friidrottsgrenarLong jump and triple jump are track and field events
** an event (one of several contests that combine to make up a competition – only put separately from the sense above since "discipline" sounds off here)
    I nästa gren ska de tävlande äta tio kanelbullar så snabbt de kanIn the next event, the contestants will be eating ten cinnamon buns as fast as they can
* (usually in the definite) a crotch (area where the legs split from the torso, or the corresponding area on clothing)
    sparka någon i grenenkick someone in the crotch
    Byxorna har hål i grenenThe pants have a hole in the crotch
    Synonym: skrev

#### Derived terms

* friidrottsgren
* grenuttag
* idrottsgren
* paradgren
* trädgren

#### Related terms

* förgrena
* grena

#### Trivia

Both kvist (“twig”) and gren (“branch”) often appear in Swedish last names.

#### See also

* disciplin
* klyka
* kvist (“twig”)

### References

* gren in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* gren in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from English grain.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡɾen]

### Noun

gren (nominative plural grens)
* grain (British English: corn)

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Synonyms

* glen (obsolete spelling, l > r)

#### Hypernyms

* plan

#### Derived terms

* grenabarak
* grenöp

#### See also

* gran