# grein
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch grein (“a grain”), from French grain (“a grain”), from Latin grānum (“a grain”). Doublet with Dutch graan (“grain”), which descended directly from Latin grānum (“a grain”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

grein n (plural greinen, diminutive greintje n)
* a small something; a grain

#### Related terms

* grofgrein, grofgreinen

#### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: grein (dated), krenchi (from the diminutive)

## Faroese
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

#### Pronunciation

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#### Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, plural greinar or greinir)
* branch
* article (in a newspaper, dictionary, ...)
* (law) paragraph, article

##### Related terms

* blað
* leyv
* leyvfellandi

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

grein
* imperative singular of greina

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

### Verb

grein
* singular imperative of greinen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of greinen

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse grein.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kreiːn/
    Rhymes: -eiːn

### Noun

grein f (genitive singular greinar, nominative plural greinar or greinir)
* branch
* article, piece
    Þetta er góð grein sem þú skrifaðir.This article you wrote is good.
* subject, field

#### Derived terms

* blaðagrein
* trjágrein

#### Related terms

* greinir

### Anagrams

* greni, negri

## Middle English
### Noun

grein
* Alternative form of greyn

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

#### Noun

grein f or m (definite singular greina or greinen, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)
* Alternative form of gren

##### Derived terms

* greine (verb)
* greinkryper

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

grein
* imperative of greine

### References

* “grein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrɛɪːn/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse grein.

#### Noun

grein f (definite singular greina, indefinite plural greiner, definite plural greinene)
* a branch (of a tree etc.)

##### Derived terms

* greine (verb)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

grein
* past of grina

### References

* “grein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig, branch, limb”), of unknown origin, but compare the verb greina (“to separate into parts, divide”).
Related to Old English grǣfa, grāf (whence English grove), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch”).

#### Noun

grein f (genitive greinar, plural greinir)
* branch (of a tree)
* point, head, part
    í annarri grein ― in second place
* cause, reason
    fyrir þá grein ― for that reason
* distinction
* understanding, discernment
    gløggrar greinar ― sharpwitted
* dissent, discord
    vald fyrir utan alla grein ― undisputed power

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: grein
* Faroese: grein
* Norwegian Bokmål: grein
* Norwegian Nynorsk: grein
* Swedish: gren
* Old Danish: gren
** Danish: gren
*** Norwegian Bokmål: gren
* → Middle English: grayn, greyn, grayne
** English: grain
** Scots: grain, grane, grayne, graine

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “grein”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

grein
* second-person singular imperative of greina
* inflection of grína:
** first-person singular past indicative
** third-person singular past indicative