Definition
Words or a gesture used to welcome or acknowledge someone.
Translations
- English
- greeting
- Français
- salutation
- Türkçe
- selam
- Polski
- pozdrowienie
- Русский
- приветствие
- Українська
- привітання
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Gruß
- A1
- Noun
- Communication
- People & Family
greeting
/deːɐ̯ ˈɡʁuːs/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Grüße
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryPeople & Family
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Gruß klingt sehr herzlich.NominativSing.The greeting sounds very warm.
- Er schickt einen freundlichen Gruß.AkkusativSing.He sends a friendly greeting.
- Die Formulierung des Grußes ist höflich.GenitivSing.The wording of the greeting is polite.
- Die Grüße kommen von der ganzen Familie.NominativPlur.The greetings come from the whole family.
- Viele Grüße aus Berlin!AkkusativPlur.Best wishes from Berlin!
- Bitte richte ihr meine Grüße aus.AkkusativPlur.Please give her my regards.
- Mit freundlichen Grüßen beendet er die E-Mail.DativPlur.He ends the email with kind regards.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Gruß/ɡʁuːs/
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Article phrase
der Gruß/deːɐ̯ ˈɡʁuːs/
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Plural
Grüße/ˈɡʁyːsə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Gruß | die Grüße |
| Akkusativ | den Gruß | die Grüße |
| Dativ | dem Gruß | den Grüßen |
| Genitiv | des Grußes | der Grüße |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Gruß schicken
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word