grad
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹæd/
- Rhymes: -æd
Noun
grad (plural grads)
- Abbreviation of graduate.
- Abbreviation of graduation.
- (geometry, trigonometry) Abbreviation of gradian.
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German gerade, gerat, from Old High German rado (“fast”, adverb), from rad (“fast”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *hradaz (“quick, hasty”). Cognate with German gerade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɑd/
Adverb
grad
- now, at the moment
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
- Mir si grad am Esse, aber Si gönd gern mitesse, wen Si wend.
- We're eating at the moment, but you can gladly join us for dinner if you like.
- Mir si grad am Esse, aber Si gönd gern mitesse, wen Si wend.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
- exactly
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊ʁɑðˀ]
- Homophone: græd
Noun
grad c (singular definite graden, plural indefinite grader)
- degree
- i allerhøjeste grad
- to the very highest degree
- til en sådan grad, at
- to such a degree that
- i allerhøjeste grad
- degree (180th of pi)
- Drej 90 grader i positiv omløbsretning (mod uret).
- Turn 90 degrees in the positive direction of circumambulation (counterclockwise).
- Drej 90 grader i positiv omløbsretning (mod uret).
- (mostly in compounds) academic degree
- Hun tog en grad i ægyptologi.
- She got a degree in egyptology.
- Hun tog en grad i ægyptologi.
Luxembourgish
Molise Croatian
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian grad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | grad | grada |
genitive | grada | gradi, grad |
dative | gradu | gradi, gradami |
accusative | grad, grada | grada |
locative | gradu | grada |
instrumental | gradom, gradam | gradi, gradami |
References
- Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).
- Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).
Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɑːd/
Noun
grad m (definite singular graden, indefinite plural gradar, definite plural gradane)
grad f (definite singular grada, indefinite plural grader, definite plural gradene)
Derived terms
Polish

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrat/
Audio (file) - Homophone: grat
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) gradowy
- (nouns) gradobicie, gradzina
Declension
Romanian
Scottish Gaelic
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *gordъ (“settlement, enclosed place”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gordos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos, *ǵʰortós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/
Noun
grȃd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̑д)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrâd/
Declension
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gordъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡráːt/
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv- | |||
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nom. sing. | grád | ||
gen. sing. | gradú | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | grád | gradôva | gradôvi |
accusative | grád | gradôva | gradôve |
genitive | gradú | gradôv | gradôv |
dative | grádu | gradôvoma | gradôvom |
locative | grádu | gradôvih | gradôvih |
instrumental | grádom | gradôvoma | gradôvi |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | grád | ||
gen. sing. | gráda | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | grád | gráda | grádi |
accusative | grád | gráda | gráde |
genitive | gráda | grádov | grádov |
dative | grádu | grádoma | grádom |
locative | grádu | grádih | grádih |
instrumental | grádom | grádoma | grádi |
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Declension
Declension of grad | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grad | graden | grader | graderna |
Genitive | grads | gradens | graders | gradernas |
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