Grønland

See also: Grönland

Danish

Etymology

From grøn (“green”) +‎ land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrœnlan/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌlanˀ]

Proper noun

Grønland (genitive Grønlands)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island in North America)

See also

Faroese

Etymology

From grønur (“green”) +‎ land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹœnlant/

Proper noun

Grønland n (genitive Grønlands)

  1. Greenland

Declension
n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Grønland
Accusative
Dative Grønlandi
Genitive Grønlands

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From grøn (“green”) +‎ land, from Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrœn.lɑnː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑnː

Proper noun

Grønland

  1. Greenland

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /¹ɡrønlan(d)/
  • Rhymes: -and, -an

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”), from grǿnn (“green”) +‎ land (“land”). Akin to English Greenland.

Proper noun

Grønland n

  1. Greenland (an island and autonomous country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
Derived terms
  • grønlandsfalk (“Falco rusticolus candicans”)
  • grønlandsfarar
  • grønlandsgås (“Branta leucopsis”)
  • grønlandshare (“Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus”)
  • Grønlandshavet
  • grønlandshund
  • grønlandsk, grønlendsk (“Greenlandic”)
  • grønlandskval
  • grønlandslaks
  • grønlandsmyrsnipe (“Calidris alpina arctica”)
  • grønlandsmåse (“Larus glaucoides”)
  • grønlandsreise
  • grønlandsrev
  • grønlandssel (“Pagophilus groenlandicus”)
  • grønlandssteinskvett (“Oenanthe oenanthe leucorrhoa”)
  • grønlandsstorr (“Carex scirpoidea”)
  • grønlending (“someone from Greenland”)
  • Grønlendingesoga (“Saga of the Greenlanders”)

Etymology 2

From Grønland (“Greenland”).

Proper noun

Grønland n

  1. A neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway
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