grå

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɔːˀ/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɔˀ], [ˈkʁɔ̽ˀ]

grå (neuter gråt, plural and definite singular attributive grå)

1. grey
2. (as a noun) grey (colour)

• grålig
• gråne
• gråtone
• gråzone

• “grå” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse grár (“grey, spiteful”), from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).

Cognate with German grau, Dutch grauw, and English grey.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoː/
• (Fredrikstad) IPA^(key): [ɡɾo̞ː]

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråere, indefinite superlative gråest, definite superlative gråeste)

1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

• gråne

• “grå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 242

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, Dutch graauw, and English grey.

• IPA^(key): /ɡroː/

grå (neuter singular grått, definite singular and plural grå or gråe, comparative gråare, indefinite superlative gråast, definite superlative gråaste)

1. grey (UK) or gray (US) (colour)

• gråne, gråna

• “grå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡroː/

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• Rhymes: -oː

grå (comparative gråare, superlative gråast)

1. grey
2. (colloquial) boring, dull; with a boring appearance

• gråben
• gråsosse
• gråsprängd
• gråzon
• i mörkret är alla katter grå

• går, råg