grollen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle High Germangrollen(“to debase; lower; humiliate”),fromOld High German*grollen,fromProto-Germanic*gruljaną(“to yell; shout at”),fromProto-Indo-European*gʰer-(“to grumble”).CompareEnglishgrowl.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]grollen(weak,third-person singular presentgrollt,past tensegrollte,past participlegegrollt,auxiliaryhaben)
- (transitive)togrumble,tothunder
- (transitive)to beangry
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | grollen | ||||
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present participle | grollend | ||||
past participle | gegrollt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ichgrolle | wirgrollen | i | ichgrolle | wirgrollen |
dugrollst | ihrgrollt | dugrollest | ihrgrollet | ||
ergrollt | siegrollen | ergrolle | siegrollen | ||
preterite | ichgrollte | wirgrollten | ii | ichgrollte1 | wirgrollten1 |
dugrolltest | ihrgrolltet | dugrolltest1 | ihrgrolltet1 | ||
ergrollte | siegrollten | ergrollte1 | siegrollten1 | ||
imperative | groll(du) grolle(du) |
grollt(ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürdenormally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- Donnergrollen(“rolling thunder”)
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs