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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "grell" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "grell" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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i thought this was interesting about the sound. The english word “bright” has a similar use. It obviously gets used to refer to light / light colours but i’ve also heard music producers use it to refer to certain sounds. No one outside of that professional
field would use the word in this way.
That said bright is neutral but i get the impression grell is fairly negative? or is it neutral?
Yes, it’s negative. The best way to think of it is as sunlight that is too bright in your eyes. Like… coming out from your man cave with a hangover into bright noon sun.