grollen
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Etymology
From Middle High German grollen (“to debase; lower; humiliate”), from Old High German *grollen, from Proto-Germanic *gruljaną (“to yell; shout at”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grumble”). Compare English growl.
Pronunciation
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Verb
grollen (weak, third-person singular present grollt, past tense grollte, past participle gegrollt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to grumble, to thunder
- (transitive) to be angry
Conjugation
| infinitive | grollen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | grollend | ||||
| past participle | gegrollt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich grolle | wir grollen | i | ich grolle | wir grollen |
| du grollst | ihr grollt | du grollest | ihr grollet | ||
| er grollt | sie grollen | er grolle | sie grollen | ||
| preterite | ich grollte | wir grollten | ii | ich grollte1 | wir grollten1 |
| du grolltest | ihr grolltet | du grolltest1 | ihr grolltet1 | ||
| er grollte | sie grollten | er grollte1 | sie grollten1 | ||
| imperative | groll (du) grolle (du) |
grollt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related terms
- Donnergrollen (“rolling thunder”)
Further reading
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