grunten

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English grunt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrʏn.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: grun‧ten

Verb

grunten

  1. (intransitive, transitive, music) to shout death growls, to growl
    • 1994 August 31, “Ook tweede Lowlands geslaagd”, in De Telegraaf, page 16:
      Zoals de snoeiharde sm-metal van de Genitorturers uit de Verenigde Staten. De als een kerel gruntende zangeres Gen bracht tot groot genoegen van het publiek voorverwarmde tepelklemmen, tong- en navelpiercings aan bij haar bandleden, die daarna ook nog eens met een leren zweep werden afgerost.
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Conjugation

Conjugation of grunten (weak)
infinitive grunten
past singular gruntte
past participle gegrunt
infinitive grunten
gerund grunten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular grunt gruntte
2nd person sing. (jij) grunt gruntte
2nd person sing. (u) grunt gruntte
2nd person sing. (gij) grunt gruntte
3rd person singular grunt gruntte
plural grunten gruntten
subjunctive sing.1 grunte gruntte
subjunctive plur.1 grunten gruntten
imperative sing. grunt
imperative plur.1 grunt
participles gruntend gegrunt
1) Archaic.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English grunnettan, from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną. Equivalent to groynen +‎ -ten.

Pronunciation

Verb

grunten (third-person singular simple present grunteth, present participle gruntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative grunte, past participle grunt)

  1. To grunt or groan as or like an animal; to make beastly calls.
  2. To moan; to make a groaning or moaning sound.
  3. (rare) To grind teeth together.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: grunt
  • Scots: grunt

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