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Greenlandic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land ▲ Old Norse Grǿnlandcalq. English Greenland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Greenlandic From Greenland + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, the Greenlandic people or the Greenlandic language.
    • In 2014, the Greenlandic government — called the Naalakkersuisut — established a reconciliation commission to investigate the continuing consequences of colonialism. After three years, the commission concluded that a majority of the nearly 60,000 people living in Greenland, 88 percent of whom are Greenlandic Inuit, are still marked by the negative effects of the colonial period. 2019 August 22, Matthew H. Birkhold, “A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2020:

Deriveds

Greenlandic Norse · West Greenlandic Pidgin

Translations (25)

ru гренла́ндский (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · nb grønlandsk (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · hu grönlandi (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · de grönländisch (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · rsk ґренландски (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · es groenlandés (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · pl grenlandzki (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · cs grónský (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · sv grönländsk (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · cmn 格陵蘭的 /格陵兰的 (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · fi grönlantilainen (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · fr groenlandais (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · nl Groenlands (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · ast groenlandés (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · it groenlandese (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · ga Graonlannach (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · ca grenlandès (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · ca groenlandès (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · fo grønlendskur (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · el γροιλανδικός (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · nn grønlandsk (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · is grænlenskur (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · pt gronelandês (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · da grønlandsk (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) · pt groenlandês (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language)

Greenlandic en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land ▲ Old Norse Grǿnlandcalq. English Greenland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Greenlandic From Greenland + -ic.

Meanings

  1. The official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.
    • Nevertheless, it may be too late—mistakes in Greenlandic already seem to have become embedded in machine translators. If you prompt either Google Translate or ChatGPT to do something as simple as count to 10 in proper Greenlandic, neither program can deliver. 2025 September 25, Jacob Judah, “How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral”, in MIT Technology Review, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2025:

Relateds

Inuktitut

Synonyms

Greenlandish · Kalaallisut

Translations (62)

be грэнла́ндская (language) · ru гренла́ндский (language) · nb grønlandsk (language) · sw Kigrinlandi (language) · pt groenlandês (language) · de Kalaallisut (language) · fo grønlendskt (language) · tr Grönlandca (language) · ca grenlandès (language) · cmn 格陵蘭語 /格陵兰语 (language) · szl grynlandzkŏ gŏdka (language) · sh гренландски језик (language) · chr ᎧᎳᎵᏑᏘ (language) · ko 그린란드어 (language) · es groenlandés (language) · bg гренла́ндски ези́к (language) · br kalaallisut (language) · hsb grönlandšćina (language) · ja グリーンランド語 (language) · kl Kalaallisut (language) · pt gronelandês (language) · fi grönlanti (language) · nl Groenlands (language) · pl grenlandzki (language) · ga Graonlainnis (language) · ast groenlandés (language) · kmr kalaallisut (language) · rsk ґренландски (language) · is grænlenska (language) · hy գրենլանդերեն (language) · sv grönländska (language) · el γροιλανδικά (language) · sl grenlandščina (language) · mk гренландски (language) · ka გრენლანდიური ენა (language) · de Grönländisch (language) · eu groenlandiera (language) · nv Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bizaad (language) · be грэнля́ндзкая (language) · cy Glasynyseg (language) · la lingua Groenlandica (language) · it groenlandese (language) · haw ʻōlelo ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo (language) · eo Gronlanda lingvo (language) · uk ґренла́ндська (language) · kl kalaallisut (language) · nv Hakʼaz Dineʼé bizaad (language) · da grønlandsk (language) · cs grónština (language) · ru гренла́ндский язы́к (language) · nn grønlandsk (language) · ja カラーリット語 (language) · hu grönlandi nyelv (language) · fr groenlandais (language) · lt grenlandų kalba (language) · fi grönlannin kieli (language) · id bahasa Kalaallisut (language) · tr Kalaallisut (language) · ca groenlandès (language) · ca kalaallisut (language) · sk grónčina (language) · mk калалисутски (language)