grüßen

See also: grüssen, Grüssen, and Grüßen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German grüezen from Old High German gruozzen, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan. Cognate with English greet, Old Saxon grōtian, Dutch groeten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁyːsən/
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  • Hyphenation: grü‧ßen

Verb

grüßen (weak, third-person singular present grüßt, past tense grüßte, past participle gegrüßt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to greet

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • grüßen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • grüßen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • grüßen” in Duden online
  • grüßen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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