Grut

See also: grut

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Grut (Bier)

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German grūt, from Old Saxon grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Dutch gruit (whence English gruit), English grout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁuːt/

Noun

Grut n (strong, genitive Gruts, no plural)

1. gruit (herbal mixture used in some beers, particularly before the spread of hops)

Declension

Declension of Grut [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Grut
genitive	eines	des	Gruts
dative	einem	dem	Grut
accusative	ein	das	Grut

Derived terms

• Grutbier

See also

• Hopfen

References

• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Grut”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891