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German
Etymology
grün (“green”) + -lich (“-ish”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁyːnlɪç/
- Hyphenation: grün‧lich
Adjective
grünlich (strong nominative masculine singular grünlicher, comparative grünlicher, superlative am grünlichsten)
- greenish
1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, pages 158–159:Als in dem grünlichen Kachelofen nach einiger Zeit die Holzscheite zu glimmen und zu knistern begannen, setzte er sich, noch immer im Pelz, auf den schwarzen, ans Bett gerückten breitlehnigen Lederstuhl.- When after some time the logs in the greenish tiled stove started glowing and crackling, he sat down, still in the fur, on the black leather chair, which was moved next to the bed.
Declension
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Further reading
- “grünlich” in Duden online
- “grünlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache