grienen

Borrowed from Middle Low German grînen, from Old Saxon *grīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīnan (“to snarl”).

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• Rhymes: -inən

grienen

1. to sob, to weep

• huilen

Borrowed from German Low German grienen from Middle Low German grīnen, the Low German form of greinen “to sob, to weep”, which originally meant “to twist one′s mouth (either in joy or sadness)”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁiːnən/, ,

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grienen (weak, third-person singular present grient, past tense griente, past participle gegrient, auxiliary haben)

1. (regional, chiefly Northern Germany) to grin; to smirk (often maliciously)

   Synonym: (standard) grinsen

   • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf [The Warwolf]‎:

     Er blieb stehen, zeigte mit dem Finger auf die Blume, die Harm im Munde hielt, griente und sagte: »Friggeblumen, wer die bricht, Junggeselle bleibt er länger nicht.«

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From Middle Low German grînen, from Old Saxon *grīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīnan, related to English grin, Dutch grijnzen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriːnən/

grienen (past singular grien, past participle grient, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to smile

• grifflachen
• smielen
• smuustergrienen
• smuusterlachen
• smuustern
• smüüstern

• smuustergrienen

grienen

1. plural of grien