גרין

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German grüene, from Old High German gruoni, gruoen, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz.

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /ɡʁɪn/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ɡʁiːn/
  • (Ukraynish) IPA(key): /ɡʁin/

Adjective

גרין • (grin)

  1. green
  2. green (naive, inexperienced)
  3. (of Jews) fobby

Declension

See also

Colors in Yiddish · קאָלירן (kolirn) (layout · text)
     ווײַס (vays)      גרוי (groy)      שוואַרץ (shvarts)
             רויט (royt); פּאָמסן (pomsn)              אָראַנזש (oranzh); ברוין (broyn)              געל (gel); קרעם (krem)
             לײַם (laym)              גרין (grin)             
             ציאַן (tsyan); טורקיז (turkiz)              לאַזורקע (lazurke)              בלוי (bloy)
             וויאָלעט (vyolet); אינדעך (indekh)              מאַדזשענטאַ (madzhenta); פּורפּור (purpur)              ראָזע (roze)
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