Grad

See also: grad, grád, gråd, and grąd

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From RussianCategory:English terms borrowed from Russian#GRADCategory:English terms derived from Russian#GRAD Град (Grad, “codename for a type of multiple rocket launcher”), from RussianCategory:English terms derived from Russian#GRAD град (grad, “hail”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Grad (plural Grads)Category:English lemmas#GRADCategory:English nouns#GRADCategory:English countable nouns#GRADCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GRADCategory:Pages with entries#GRADCategory:Pages with 4 entries#GRAD

  1. A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.
    • 1989, Jane’s Defence Weekly, volume 12, Coulsdon, UK: Jane’s, page 1050:
      It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21 Grad (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service.
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    • 1998, Field Artillery Association (U.S.), Field Artillery, page 7:
      The MRL systems Smerch, Uragan, and Grad are designed to destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70 kilometers.
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    • 2001, Olga Oliker, Russia’s Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from Urban Combat, Santa Monica, California: Rand, page 29:
      The Russians fought back with Grad rocket-launcher salvos and mortar attacks (they also made some use of armor).
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    • 2009, Rockets from Gaza: Harm to Civilians from Palestinian Armed Groups’ Rocket Attacks, New York: Human Rights Watch, page 22:
      “[w]e saw Hamas come and put up rocket launchers and fire. We could tell they were Grads by the sound, which is louder and deeper than that of Qassams.”
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German

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:German terms borrowed from French#GRADCategory:German terms derived from French#GRAD grade (“a grade, degree”), from LatinCategory:German terms derived from Latin#GRAD gradus (“a step”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Grad m (strong, genitive Grades or Grads, plural Grade or Grad)Category:German lemmas#GRADCategory:German nouns#GRADCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GRADCategory:German masculine nouns#GRADCategory:Pages with entries#GRADCategory:Pages with 4 entries#GRAD

  1. degree
    0 Grad Celsius (0°C) sind 273,15 Kelvin.
    Zero degrees Celsius (0°C) are 273.15 Kelvin.
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Usage notes

  • When used as a measuring unit (e.g. for temperature), the word always has the unchanged plural Grad: zwei Grad wärmer – "two degrees warmer"; einige Grad kühler – "some degrees cooler".
  • When not used as a measuring unit, the plural form is Grade: Die soziale Ungleichheit hat bisher ungekannte Grade erreicht. – "Social inequality has reached degrees previously unknown." This usage is less common than in English.

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Further reading

  • “Grad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Grad” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Grad” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

From grad.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Grad m persCategory:Polish lemmas#GRADCategory:Polish proper nouns#GRADCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#GRADCategory:Polish masculine nouns#GRADCategory:Polish personal nouns#GRADCategory:Pages with entries#GRADCategory:Pages with 4 entries#GRAD

  1. a male surnameCategory:Polish surnames#GRADCategory:Polish male surnames#GRAD

Declension

Proper noun

Grad f (indeclinable)Category:Polish lemmas#GRADCategory:Polish proper nouns#GRADCategory:Polish indeclinable nouns#GRADCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#GRADCategory:Polish feminine nouns#GRADCategory:Pages with entries#GRADCategory:Pages with 4 entries#GRAD

  1. a female surnameCategory:Polish surnames#GRADCategory:Polish female surnames#GRAD

Further reading

  • “Grad”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Slovene

Proper noun

Grad m animCategory:Slovene lemmas#GRADCategory:Slovene proper nouns#GRADCategory:Requests for accents in Slovene proper noun entries#GRADCategory:Slovene masculine animate nouns#GRADCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#GRADCategory:Slovene masculine nouns#GRADCategory:Slovene animate nouns#GRADCategory:Pages with entries#GRADCategory:Pages with 4 entries#GRAD

  1. a surnameCategory:Slovene surnames#GRAD

References

  • Keber, Janez (2021), Leksikon priimkov [Dictionary of Surnames] (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 222
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