Grønland

See also: Grönland

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrœnlan/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌlænˀ]

Proper noun

Grønland (genitive Grønlands)

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Related terms

• grønlandsk ("Greenlandic")
• grønlænder ("Greenlander")

See also

• Grønland on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹœnlant/

Proper noun

Grønland n (genitive Grønlands)

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

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

Related terms

• grønlendingur (“Greenlander”)
• grønlendskur (“Greenlandic”)

See also

• Grønland on the Faroese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrœn.lɑnː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑnː

Proper noun

Grønland

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Derived terms

• Grønlandshavet

Related terms

• grønlandsk
• grønlender

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 (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

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