Declension of German noun Greis with plural and article

The declension of the noun Greis (old man, elder) is in singular genitive Greises and in the plural nominative Greise. The noun Greis is declined with the declension endings es/e. The voice of Greis is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Greis but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C1. Comments ☆

masculine
Greis, der
adjective
greis

C1 · noun · masculine · regular · -s, -e

der Greis

Greises · Greise

Endings es/e  

English old man, elder, elderly man, very old man

/ɡʁaɪs/ · /ɡʁaɪzəs/ · /ɡʁaɪzə/

[Personen] sehr alter Mensch, meist Mann; Alter, Senior

» Der Greis ist sehr nett. English The old man is very nice.

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Declension of Greis in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derGreis
Gen. desGreises
Dat. demGreis/Greise⁶
Acc. denGreis

Plural

Nom. dieGreise
Gen. derGreise
Dat. denGreisen
Acc. dieGreise

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Examples

Example sentences for Greis

  • Der Greis ist sehr nett. 
    English The old man is very nice.
  • Wein ist die Milch der Greise . 
    English Wine is the milk of the old.
  • Der alte Greis war vom Leben gezeichnet. 
    English The old man was marked by life.
  • Ein Greis setzte sich im Bus neben mich. 
    English An old man sat next to me on the bus.
  • Alle warteten auf den Tod des Greises , der nicht sterben wollte. 
    English Everyone was waiting for the death of the old man who did not want to die.
  • Die Ansicht eines Weisen und den Rat eines Greisen soll man nicht von sich weisen. 
    English One should not dismiss the view of a wise man and the advice of an elder.
  • Der Greis verhungerte. 
    English The old man starved.
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Translations

Translation of German Greis

German Greis
English old man, elder, elderly man, very old man
Russian старик, пожилой человек, ста́рец, старец, стари́к
Spanish anciano, viejo
French vieillard, ancien, géronte, personne âgée, vieil homme, vieux monsieur
Turkish ihtiyar, çok yaşlı adam
Portuguese idoso, velho, ancião
Italian vecchio, vegliardo, anziano
Romanian bătrân, hârb, moș
Hungarian öregember, aggastyán, vénember, öreg-
Polish starzec, stary człowiek
Greek γέρος, γέροντας, παππούς
Dutch bejaarde, ou man
Czech stařec, kmet, starý muž
Swedish åldring, gamling, gammal man, gubbe
Danish gammel mand, olding, ældgammel
Japanese 老人, 高齢者
Catalan ancià, molt vell, vell
Finnish vanhus, ikääntynyt mies
Norwegian eldre mann, gammel mann, olding
Basque antzinako gizon
Serbian starac, stari čovek
Macedonian старец
Slovenian starec, starček
Slowakisch dedko, starec, starý muž
Bosnian starac, stari čovjek
Croatian starac, stari čovjek
Ukrainian досвідчений чоловік, старий чоловік, старець
Bulgarian древен човек, старец
Belorussian старая мужчына, старая чалавек
Indonesian laki-laki tua
Vietnamese lão ông
Uzbek katta yoshli erkak
Hindi बूढ़ा आदमी
Chinese 老头
Thai ชายชรา
Korean 늙은 남자
Azerbaijani yaşlı adam
Georgian ძველი კაცი
Bengali বৃদ্ধ পুরুষ
Albanian plak burrë
Marathi वृद्ध पुरुष
Nepali बुढो मान्छे
Telugu పెద్ద వాడు
Latvian vecis
Tamil பழைய மனிதன்
Estonian vanamees
Armenian ծեր մարդ
Kurdish pîr mêr
Hebrewזקן
Arabicعجوز، شيخ
Persianپیرمرد
Urduبہت بوڑھا آدمی

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Meanings and synonyms of Greis
  • [Personen] sehr alter Mensch, meist Mann, Alter, Senior
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Declension forms of Greis

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

The declension of Greis 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 Greis is crucial.

Declension Greis

Singular Plural
Nom. der Greis die Greise
Gen. des Greises der Greise
Dat. dem Greis(e) den Greisen
Acc. den Greis die Greise

Declension Greis

  • Singular: der Greis, des Greises, dem Greis(e), den Greis
  • Plural: die Greise, der Greise, den Greisen, die Greise

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