grön

• gröön
• gräun, greun (in some other dialects)
• green, gren (Low Prussian)

From Middle Low German grōne, from Old Saxon grōni, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Compare German grün, Dutch groen.

• (in some dialects) IPA^(key): /ɡɾœɪ̯n/

grön

1. green

From Old Norse grǫn, from Proto-Germanic *granō.

• IPA^(key): /krœːn/
• Rhymes: -œːn

grön f (genitive singular granar, nominative plural granir)

1. moustache

   Synonym: yfirvararskegg

2. upper lip

   Synonym: efrivör

3. spruce (tree of the genus Picea)

   Synonym: greni

From Old Swedish grø̄n, from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (compare with Danish grøn, Dutch groen, English green and German grün), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrōni-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrøːn/

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• Rhymes: -øːn

grön (comparative grönare, superlative grönast)

1. green (of the color green)
2. (politics) green (related to a Green Party)
3. green (inexperienced)
4. green (looking sick)
5. green (approved)
6. green (jealous)

   Grön av avund (compare synonymous Icelandic grænn af öfund)

   Green with [of/from] envy

Inflection of grön
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	grön	grönare	grönast
Neuter singular	grönt	grönare	grönast
Plural	gröna	grönare	grönast
Masculine plural3	gröne	grönare	grönast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	gröne	grönare	grönaste
All	gröna	grönare	grönaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

• det är grönt
• grön av avund (“green with envy”)
• grönbete
• gröngöling
• grönsak
• på grön kvist

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd	orange; brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön
cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal	azur	blå
lila; indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

• grön in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grön in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grön in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)