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See also: GRAS, Gras, Graś, gras, graś, grás, grãs, græs, and græs'

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gräs (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish gräs (grass), from Old Norse gras (grass), from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (grow, become green).

According to SO attested since the 1290s via Västgötalagen.

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Noun

gräs n

  1. (botany) grass; any plant of the family Poaceae
    spela på gräs
    play on grass
    klippa gräset
    cut the grass
    • 1996, Drängarna , “Kung över ängarna the Meadows]”, in Fint vettö :
      Jag lägger mig i gräset ner. Ligger still och bara ler. Slumrar till och snarkar tyst. Drömmer om en kvinnas byst. Då ser jag nån som emot mig går, liderlig med utsläppt hår. Hon är vacker som en dag. I samma stund vaknar jag. Svär ett tag men tänker sen: Hon kommer nog till mig inatt igen. Ännu lyser solen stark i skog och mark.
      I lie down in the grass . lie still and just grin . doze off and snore quietly. dream of a woman's bosom. Then I see someone walking towards me , lustful with her hair let down . She is pretty as a picture . At that moment I wake up. swear for a bit but then think: She will probably come to me tonight again . The sun still shines bright in woods and fields . s. See the usage notes for -r.]
  2. (slang) grass, weed, marijuana
    röka gräs
    smoke weed

Usage notes

A blade of grass is a grässtrå.

Declension

Declension of gräs
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gräs gräs
definite gräset gräsets
plural indefinite gräs gräs
definite gräsen gräsens

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