"Greif" meaning in German

See Greif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡʁaɪ̯f/ Audio: De-Greif.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German grīf, grīfe, from Old High German grīf, grīfo, borrowed from Latin gryphus, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Unrelated to greifen (“to grab”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|grīf}} Middle High German grīf, {{m|gmh|grīfe}} grīfe, {{inh|de|goh|grīf}} Old High German grīf, {{m|goh|grīfo}} grīfo, {{der|de|la|gryphus}} Latin gryphus, {{der|de|grc|γρύψ}} Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps), {{m|de|greifen|t=to grab}} greifen (“to grab”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,e}} Greif m (strong, genitive Greifes or Greifs, plural Greife), {{de-noun|m.weak}} Greif m (weak, genitive Greifen, plural Greifen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,e}}, {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Greifes [genitive], Greifs [genitive], Greife [plural], Greifen [genitive], Greifen [plural], strong [table-tags], Greif [nominative, singular], Greife [definite, nominative, plural], Greifes [genitive, singular], Greifs [genitive, singular], Greife [definite, genitive, plural], Greif [dative, singular], Greife [dative, singular], Greifen [dative, definite, plural], Greif [accusative, singular], Greife [accusative, definite, plural], weak [table-tags], Greif [nominative, singular], Greifen [definite, nominative, plural], Greifen [genitive, singular], Greifen [definite, genitive, plural], Greifen [dative, singular], Greifen [dative, definite, plural], Greifen [accusative, singular], Greifen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. griffin Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Greif-de-noun-~FH6rY2z
  2. (heraldry) griffin Tags: masculine, weak Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-Greif-de-noun-~FH6rY2z1 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Greifvogel

Inflected forms

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