groot

From Dutch groot.

• IPA^(key): /χrʊət/

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groot (attributive groot, comparative groter, superlative grootste)

1. great; big; large

   Antonym: klein

   Hoofstede is groot en lawaaierig.

   Capital cities are big and noisy.

• grootword

From Middle Dutch grôot, from Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɣroːt/

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• Rhymes: -oːt

groot (comparative groter, superlative grootst)

1. big, large, great

   Antonym: klein

   Kijk, wat een groot gebouw! ― Look, what a big building!

2. great, important, eminent, heroic

   Rachel Carson was een groot schrijfster. ― Rachel Carson was a great writer.

3. tall

   Synonym: lang

   Antonyms: klein, kort

   Hij is vijf centimeter groter. ― He is five centimeters taller.

4. adult

   Synonym: volwassen

   Antonym: klein

   Als ik later groot ben wil ik lexicograaf worden! ― When I grow up I want to be a lexicographer!

• Afrikaans: groot
• Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
• Jersey Dutch: x'rôt
• Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
• Petjo: groot
• Skepi Creole Dutch: groat

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “groot I”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “groot II”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

• grout (New Saxon Spelling)

From Middle Low German grôt, from Old Saxon grōt, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡroːt/, /ɣroːt/

groot (comparative grötter, superlative gröttst)

1. big, great

   Kiek mal, wat en groot Huus!

   Look, what a big house!

2. large

   Dat is so'n grote Straat!

   That's such a broad street!

3. tall

   Peter is ganz grötter as Thomas!

   Peter is taller than Thomas!

4. adult

   Du büst nu groot! Do dat nich mehr!

   You're an adult now! Don't do that!

• (antonym(s) of “big”): lütt
• (antonym(s) of “tall”): lütt, leeg
• (antonym(s) of “adult”): jung, kinnerlig

From Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

grôot (comparative grôter)

1. big, large
2. tall
3. adult
4. important, great

• Dutch: groot
  • Afrikaans: groot
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
  • Jersey Dutch: x'rôt
  • Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
  • Petjo: groot
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: groat
• Limburgish: groeat
• Zealandic: groôt

grôot

1. greatly, very

• “groot (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “groot (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “groot (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From German Low German groot

groot (comparative jrata, superlative jratsta)

1. big, large
2. great, immense
3. massive, ample
4. grand
5. important, great
   • 2003, De Bibel, Markus (Mark) 10:43:

     Mank junt saul daut oba nich soo sennen; wäa mank junt well groot sennen, saul jun Deena sennen;

     But that shall not be so among you; whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant;

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Cognates include West Frisian grut and German groß.

• IPA^(key): /ɣroːt/
• Hyphenation: groot
• Rhymes: -oːt

groot (masculine groten, feminine, plural or definite grote, comparative gratter, superlative grootst)

1. big, large
2. adult, grown-up

• (antonym(s) of “big”): litje

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