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German
Etymology
From Middle High German grille, from Old High German grillo, probably from Latin gryllus (“grasshopper, cricket”), possibly onomatopoetic in origin, but perhaps borrowed in turn from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “Egyptian dance performer; painted caricature”), of unknown further origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
Grille f (genitive Grille, plural Grillen)
- cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
- whim, strange thought, freakish or fantastical idea
- Synonym: Marotte
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 487:Der Hofrat ging ihm gelegentlich zur Hand bei solchem schwermütigen Getändel, bestärkte ihn überhaupt in seiner Grille.- Occasionally the councilor gave him a hand in such melancholy dealings, and in general encouraged him in his quirk.
2017 March 2, Michael Allmaier, “Du bist, was du liest”, in Die Zeit:Friederike Schultz, 37, ist es gewohnt, dass Kollegen sie “als Außerirdische betrachten”. Bibliophilie kennt man als eine Grille älterer Männer.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (dated) spleen, melancholy
Declension
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