grut

See also: Grut

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grutte, gurte, from Old Dutch *grutti, from Proto-West Germanic *gruti, related to *greut (“grit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrʏt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʏt

Noun

grut n (plural grutten, diminutive grutje n)

1. (countable and uncountable) groat, broken-up or ground grain
2. (countable) small stuff, little things
3. (uncountable) children

   Zeg, wilt g' uw klein grut 'ne keer bijhouden? Da staat hier altijd maar te jengelen, te janken en te bleiten rond m'n benen, om zot van te worden!

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   "Say, would you keep your little kid with you? It's always complaining, crying and screaming around my legs, it's to become crazy of!"

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• groet, groeët, groeat (Veldeke spelling)
• gruët (Eupen spelling)
• gruut (German-based spelling, alternative spelling form)
• groit, grout, groot, groat, graot

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁuːt/
• (East Limburgish-Ripuarian) IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁuə̯t/
• (Maastrichtian) IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁut/
• Rhymes: -uːt, -uə̯t, -ut

Adjective

grut (masculine grute, feminine grute, comparative gruter or gröter, superlative grütste or grötste or grutste) (German-based spelling)

1. big, large
2. great, grand
3. (of living things) tall
4. (of people) adult, full-grown
5. (Selfkant) pregnant

Middle English

Noun

grut

1. alternative form of growte

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• grat (Föhr-Amrum)
• gurt (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grut (comparative gruter, superlative grutst)

1. (Mooring) big, large

Inflection

Inflection of grut (Mooring dialect)

	masculine		feminine / neuter	plural
	indefinite	definite
positive
predicative / adverbial	grut
attributive / independent	gruten	grute	grut	grute
partitive	gruts			—
comparative
predicative / adverbial	gruter
attributive / independent	gruteren	grutere	gruter	grutere
partitive	gruters			—
superlative
predicative / adverbial	am grutsten
attributive / independent	—	grutste	grutst	grutste

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrʉːt/

Noun

grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)

1. coffee grounds

References

“grut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Compare Old Norse grjót (“rubble”), Norwegian graut (“porridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrʉːt/

Noun

grut m (definite singular gruten, uncountable)

1. coffee grounds

   Synonym: grugg

Usage notes

• Prior to a 2018 spelling decision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

• “grut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• trug

Old English

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Germanic *grūtą, *grutą, probably related to *greutą (“grit”). Compare Old Norse grautr; from which Icelandic grautur (“porridge”), Swedish gröt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːt/

Noun

grūt f

1. malt mash

Declension

(feminine):

	singular	plural
nominative	grūt	—
accusative	grūt	—
genitive	grūt	—
dative	grȳt, grūt	—

Descendants

• Middle English: growte, grout
  • English: grout

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “grut”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Grut”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Welsh

Alternative forms

• grud, grit

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɨ̞t/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɪt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English grit.

Noun

grut m (uncountable)

1. grit

   Synonyms: graean, gro, grafel

Derived terms

• grutgen (“tartar”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English grytt.

Noun

grut m (plural grution)

1. (usually plural) bran, grits, groats

   Synonyms: rhuchion, rhynion

Mutation

Mutated forms of grut

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
grut	rut	ngrut	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “grut”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “grut”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grut

1. big, large
2. great

Inflection

Inflection of grut
uninflected	grut
inflected	grutte
comparative	grutter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		grut	grutter	it grutst it grutste
indefinite	c. sing.	grutte	gruttere	grutste
	n. sing.	grut	grutter	grutste
	plural	grutte	gruttere	grutste
definite		grutte	gruttere	grutste
partitive		gruts	grutters	—

Derived terms

• grutsk

Further reading

• “grut (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

grut

1. alternative form of gurt

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 44