Declension of German noun Greif with plural and article

The declension of the noun Greif (griffin, bird of prey) is in singular genitive Greif(e)s/Greifen and in the plural nominative Greife(n). The noun Greif is declined with the declension endings es/en/en/e. The voice of Greif is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Greif but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -s, -en · -en, -e

der Greif

Greif(e)s/Greifen · Greife(n)

Endings es/en/en/e   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

English griffin, bird of prey, gryphon

Fabelwesen, verwandt dem Drachen, jedoch meist mit Adlerkopf und -flügeln sowie Löwenkörper; kurz für Greifvogel

» Drache, Einhorn, Greif und Phönix sind Fabeltiere. English Dragon, unicorn, griffin, and phoenix are mythical creatures.

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Declension of Greif in singular and plural in all cases

Singular 1

Nom. derGreif
Gen. desGreifes/Greifs
Dat. demGreif/Greife⁶
Acc. denGreif

Singular 2

Nom. derGreif
Gen. desGreifen
Dat. demGreifen
Acc. denGreifen

Plural 1

Nom. dieGreifen
Gen. derGreifen
Dat. denGreifen
Acc. dieGreifen

Plural 2

Nom. dieGreife
Gen. derGreife
Dat. denGreifen
Acc. dieGreife

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Examples

Example sentences for Greif

  • Drache, Einhorn, Greif und Phönix sind Fabeltiere. 
    English Dragon, unicorn, griffin, and phoenix are mythical creatures.
  • Greife nicht zum Schwert, sondern appelliere an die Vernunft. 
    English Do not resort to the sword but appeal to reason.
  • Er hätte es sehr gern genommen, hätte er es nur zu Greifen bekommen. 
    English He would have liked to take it very much, if only he could have gotten hold of it.
  • Der Sieg schien zum Greifen nahe. 
    English Victory seemed within easy reach.
  • Gigant, der einen Greif aus seiner Felsenhöhle hervorzieht. 
    English Giant pulling a griffin from his rocky cave.
  • Für wen das Lesen eine Kostenfrage ist, der greife zum Paperback. 
    English For those for whom reading is a cost issue, they should opt for the paperback.
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Translations

Translation of German Greif

German Greif
English griffin, bird of prey, gryphon
Russian гриф, грифо́н, хищная птица
Spanish grifo, ave de presa, grifón
French griffon, griffon ailé, hippogriffe, rapace
Turkish yırtıcı kuş
Portuguese grifo, ave de rapina
Italian grifone, grifo, rapace
Romanian grifon, vultur
Hungarian griff, griffmadár, ragadozó madár
Polish gryf, ptak drapieżny
Greek Γρύπας, αρπακτικό, γρύπας
Dutch griff, roofvogel
Czech dravec, grif, grifon
Swedish falk, grip, gryphon, rovfågel
Danish Griff, falk, grif
Japanese グリフォン, 猛禽
Catalan aus, grif, gripau, rapinya
Finnish griffon, lintu, myyttinen olento, saalistaja
Norwegian Griff, falk, griff, rovfugl
Basque arrano, greifa
Serbian Grif, soko
Macedonian грабливец, грифон
Slovenian grif, ptica grabljivica
Slowakisch dravec, grif
Bosnian Griffon, grabljivica
Croatian Griffon, grabljivica
Ukrainian гриф, птиця-гриф
Bulgarian гриф, хищна птица
Belorussian хвастохвост
Indonesian griffin
Uzbek grifin
Hindi ग्रिफिन
Chinese 狮鹫
Thai กริฟฟิน
Korean 그리핀
Azerbaijani qrifin
Georgian გრიფინი
Bengali গ্রিফিন
Albanian grifin
Marathi ग्रिफिन
Nepali ग्रिफिन
Telugu గ్రిఫిన్
Latvian grifons
Tamil கிரிபின்
Estonian grifon
Armenian գրիֆին
Kurdish grifîn
Hebrewגריפ، עוף דורס
Arabicطائر جارح، غراب
Persianپرنده شکاری، گرگین
Urduشکار کرنے والا پرندہ، گریفن

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Meanings and synonyms of Greif
  • Fabelwesen, verwandt dem Drachen, jedoch meist mit Adlerkopf und -flügeln sowie Löwenkörper
  • kurz für Greifvogel
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Declension forms of Greif

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Greif in all cases

The declension of Greif as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Greif is crucial.

Declension Greif

Singular Plural
Nom. der Greif die Greife(n)
Gen. des Greif(e)s/Greifen der Greife(n)
Dat. dem Greif(e)/Greifen den Greifen
Acc. den Greif(en) die Greife(n)

Declension Greif

  • Singular: der Greif, des Greif(e)s/Greifen, dem Greif(e)/Greifen, den Greif(en)
  • Plural: die Greife(n), der Greife(n), den Greifen, die Greife(n)

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 70954, 70954

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 1764179, 2485329, 1242580

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 6414, 70954, 9388

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