Gruß
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See also: Gruss
German
Alternative forms
- Gruss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein; reformed)
Etymology
From Middle High German gruoȥ; compare Dutch groet. See German grüßen.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gruß m (strong, genitive Grußes, plural Grüße, diminutive Grüßchen n or Grüßlein n)
Declension
Declension of Gruß
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Abschiedsgruß (“farewell salute”)
- Augengruß (“raising the eyebrows in greeting”)
- begrüßen (“to greet”)
- deutscher Gruß (“Nazi salute”)
- englischer Gruß (“Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary”)
- Friedensgruß (“kiss of peace”)
- Gegengruß (“salute in return”)
- Grüßaugust (“greeter”)
- Gruß aus der Küche (“free appetizer”)
- grüßen (“to greet”)
- Grußform (“salutation”)
- Grußformel (“salutation”)
- Grußkarte
- grüßlich
- grußlos (“without a word of greeting”)
- Grußwort (“salutation”)
- Hamburger Gruß (“Hamburg salute”)
- Hitlergruß (“Nazi salute”)
- mfG (“abbreviation for mit freundlichen Grüßen”)
- mit sozialistischem Gruß
- Pfadfindergruß (“scouting salute”)
- Quenelle-Gruß (“quenelle”)
- schwäbischer Gruß (“Swabian salute”)
- serbischer Gruß (“Serbian three-finger salute”)
- Willkommensgruß (“welcome”)
- Zwei-Finger-Gruß (“two-finger salute”)
Descendants
- → German Low German: Griuß m (Paderbornisch)
Further reading
- “Gruß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gruß” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Gruß” in Duden online
Gruß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Gruß”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- “Gruß” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
