grienen

Borrowed from Middle Low German grînen, from Old Saxon *grīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīnan (“to snarl”).

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• Rhymes: -inən

grienen

1. to sob, to weep

Conjugation of grienen (weak)
infinitive	grienen
past singular	griende
past participle	gegriend
infinitive	grienen
gerund	grienen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	grien	griende
2nd person sing. (jij)	grient, grien2	griende
2nd person sing. (u)	grient	griende
2nd person sing. (gij)	grient	griende
3rd person singular	grient	griende
plural	grienen	grienden
subjunctive sing.1	griene	griende
subjunctive plur.1	grienen	grienden
imperative sing.	grien
imperative plur.1	grient
participles	grienend	gegriend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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Borrowed from German Low German grienen from Middle Low German grīnen, the Low German form of greinen “to sob, to weep”, which originally meant “to twist one′s mouth (either in joy or sadness)”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁiːnən/, [ˈɡʁiːnən], [ˈɡʁiːnn̩]

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grienen (weak, third-person singular present grient, past tense griente, past participle gegrient, auxiliary haben)

1. (regional, chiefly Northern Germany) to grin; to smirk (often maliciously)

   Synonym: (standard) grinsen

   • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf […] [The Warwolf]‎^[1]:

     Er blieb stehen, zeigte mit dem Finger auf die Blume, die Harm im Munde hielt, griente und sagte: »Friggeblumen, wer die bricht, Junggeselle bleibt er länger nicht.«

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From Middle Low German grînen, from Old Saxon *grīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīnan, related to English grin, Dutch grijnzen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriːnən/

grienen (past singular grien, past participle grient, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to smile

• grifflachen
• smielen
• smuustergrienen
• smuusterlachen
• smuustern
• smüüstern

• smuustergrienen

grienen

1. plural of grien