Grau

See also:grau,grâu,andgraŭ

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, borrowed fromGermanGrau,a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard.
• As a Catalan and southernFrenchsurname, fromOccitanandCatalanGrau,a topographic surname fromgrau(“degree, level”).
• Also as a Catalan surname, reduced from the personal nameGuerau;seeGerald.
• As a French surname, fromOld Frenchgrau(“kind of fork”),fromFrankish/Germanic,probably related toOld Norsegrein(“fork, branch”).

Proper noun

Grau(pluralGraus)

1. Asurname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census,Grauis the 6353^rdmost common surname in the United States, belonging to 5365 individuals.Grauis most common among White (72.25%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick,editor (2003), “Grau”,inDictionary of American Family Names,volume 2, New York:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page78.

Asturian

Proper noun

Graum

1. Grado(amunicipalityofAsturias,in northwesternSpain)

Related terms

• moscón

Catalan

Etymology 1

From a contraction ofGuerau.

Proper noun

Graumorfby sense

1. apatronymicsurname

Etymology 2

Fromgrau(“inlet; landing”),fromLatingradus.

Proper noun

Graumorfby sense

1. atopographicsurname

East Central German

Etymology

CompareGermanGrauen.

Noun

Graun

1. (Erzgebirgisch)horror

   Dos is eGrau.

   That's ahorror.

Related terms

• grauerlich

Further reading

• 2020June 11, Hendrik Heidler,Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1],3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand,→ISBN,→OCLC,page53:

German

Etymology

From the adjectivegrau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɡʁaʊ̯/

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• Hyphenation:Grau
• Rhymes:-aʊ̯

Noun

Graun(strong,genitiveGraus,no plural)

1. grey(color)

Declension

Declension ofGrau[sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Grau
genitive	eines	des	Graus
dative	einem	dem	Grau
accusative	ein	das	Grau

Hyponyms

• Hellgrau
• Dunkelgrau
• Aschgrau
• Mausgrau
• Maulwurfgrau
• Schiefergrau

See also

Colorsin German ·Farben(layout·text)

Weiß	Grau	Schwarz
Rot(Purpur)	Orange;Braun	Gelb;Creme,Ocker
Grün(Hellgrün,Neongrün)	Grün(Dunkelgrün)
Türkis(Cyan,Meeresgrün)	Blau(Hellblau,Azurblau)	Blau(Dunkelblau)
Lila,Violett(Blasslila,Altrosa)	Lila,Violett(Magenta,Purpur)	Rosa;Pink

Further reading

• “Grau”inDudenonline
• “Grau”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From the adjectivegrau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kraʊ̯/

Noun

Graun(pluralGraue)

1. The colorgrey,gray

   Die Katze hodGraugern.

   The cats likegray.

See also

Colorsin Hunsrik ·Forrve(layout·text)

Weis	Grau	Schwarz
Rod	Ranschegelleb;Braun	Gelleb,Geel
Grien(Hellgrien), (Neongrien)	Grien(Dunkelgrien)	Menz
Meergrien	Blau(Hellblau)	Blau(Dunkelblau)
Feilche	Rosch,Lila	Roserod

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Spanish

Proper noun

Grau?

1. AprovinceofApurímac,Peru