groot

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch groot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χrʊət/

• Audio (Johannesburg)

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Adjective

groot (attributive groot, comparative groter, superlative grootste)

1. great; big; large

   Antonym: klein

   Hoofstede is groot en lawaaierig.

   Capital cities are big and noisy.

Derived terms

• grootword

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grôot, from Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣroːt/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -oːt

Adjective

groot (comparative groter, superlative grootst)

1. big, large, great

   Antonym: klein

   Kijk, wat een groot gebouw!

   Look, what a big building!

2. great, important, eminent, heroic
3. tall

   Synonym: lang

   Antonyms: klein, kort

4. adult

   Synonym: volwassen

   Antonym: klein

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: groot
• Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
• Jersey Dutch: x'rôt
• Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
• Petjo: groot
• Skepi Creole Dutch: groat

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “groot I”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “groot II”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

German Low German

Alternative forms

• grout (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Low German grôt, from Old Saxon grōt, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡroːt/, /ɣroːt/

Adjective

groot (comparative grötter, superlative gröttst)

1. big, great

   Kiek mal, wat en groot Huus!

   Look, what a big house!

2. large

   Dat is so'n grote Straat!

   That's such a broad street!

3. tall

   Peter is ganz grötter as Thomas!

   Peter is taller than Thomas!

4. adult

   Du büst nu groot! Do dat nich mehr!

   You're an adult now! Don't do that!

Declension

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "big"): lütt
• (antonym(s) of "tall"): lütt, leeg
• (antonym(s) of "adult"): jung, kinnerlig

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch grōt

Adjective

grôot (comparative grôter)

1. big, large
2. tall
3. adult
4. important, great

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: groot
  • Afrikaans: groot
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
  • Jersey Dutch: x'rôt
  • Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
  • Petjo: groot
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: groat
• Limburgish: groeat
• Zealandic: groôt

Adverb

grôot

1. greatly, very

Further reading

• “groot (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “groot (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “groot (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From German Low German groot

Adjective

groot (comparative jrata, superlative jratsta)

1. big, large
2. great, immense
3. massive, ample
4. grand
5. important, great
   • 2003, De Bibel, Markus (Mark) 10:43:

     Mank junt saul daut oba nich soo sennen; wäa mank junt well groot sennen, saul jun Deena sennen;

     But that shall not be so among you; whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant;

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Cognates include West Frisian grut and German groß.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣroːt/
• Hyphenation: groot
• Rhymes: -oːt

Adjective

groot (masculine groten, feminine, plural or definite grote, comparative gratter, superlative grootst)

1. big, large
2. adult, grown-up

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "big"): litje

Derived terms

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “groot”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN