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Breton

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Noun

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gristen

  1. soft mutation of kristen (Christian)

Mutation

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Mutation of gristen
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular kristen gristen c'hristen unchanged
plural kristenien gristenien c'hristenien unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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gristen

  1. inflection of grissen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Etymology 2

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Exaggeration of an orthodox Protestant pronunciation of christen, /xrɪs.tən/.

Noun

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gristen m (plural gristennen, diminutive gristentje n)

  1. obsolete spelling of christen
  2. (derogatory, Netherlands) Jesus freak, God botherer (pejorative for conservative Christians)
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