Greif
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German grīf, grīfe, from Old High German grīf, grīfo, borrowed from Latin gryphus. Early on associated with the unrelated verb in greifen (“to grab”); compare Middle Low German grīp. Possibly a doublet of Cherub.
Pronunciation
Noun
Greif m (strong or weak, genitive Greifs or Greifes or Greifen, plural Greife or Greifen)
Declension
Declension of Greif
Declension of Greif
See also
Further reading
Greif on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Greif” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Greif” in Duden online
- “Greif” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Greif m anim
- a surname from German
Declension
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | Greif | ||
| gen. sing. | Greifa | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Greif | Greifa | Greifi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Greifa | Greifov | Greifov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Greifu | Greifoma | Greifom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Greifa | Greifa | Greife |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Greifu | Greifih | Greifih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Greifom | Greifoma | Greifi |
Further reading
- Keber, Janez (2021) Leksikon priimkov (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 228