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gren.

a branch, bough (protrusion of wood from the trunk of a tree)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡrɛːˀn/[ˈɡ̊ʁæˀn]
  1. a branch, bough (protrusion of wood from the trunk of a tree)

    common-gender
  2. a branch (something that branches from something else)

    common-gender · figuratively
    I vore dage anser mange astronomi som en gren af fysik, men historisk har de udviklet sig fuldstændig uafhængigt af hinanden.
    gren af en slægt, en virksomhed
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish gren, from Old Norse grein (“branch”), from Proto-Germanic *grainō. Maybe related to the verb *grīnaną, if the original meaning was "to yawn". The noun has replaced the older Germanic word for "branch", *astaz.

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