Meanings
nounGreenlander (plural Greenlanders)
plural Greenlanders
- A person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent.
1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IV. "The Beach", page 54. Were it not for this, we Europeans should have no wood to burn there, and the poor Greenlanders […] would, however, have no wood to roof their houses, to erect their tents, as also to build their boats, and to shaft their arrows.
1 more example
In a recent poll conducted by the Universities of Greenland and Copenhagen, more than two-thirds of Greenlanders expressed a desire for their country to become independent, most of them within 20 years.
2019 August 22, Matthew H. Birkhold, “A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2020
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*gróh₁nis
- Proto-Germanic*grōniz
- Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
- Old Englishgrēne
- Middle Englishgrene
- Englishgreen
- Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*landą
- Proto-West Germanic*land
- Old Englishland
- Middle Englishlond
- Englishland
- Old NorseGrǿnland
- EnglishGreenland
- EnglishGreenlander
Translations
Bulgarian гренландец
- гренландец (grenlandec)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Catalan groenlandès, grenlandès
- groenlandèsa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- grenlandèsa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Chinese Mandarin 格陵蘭人 /格陵兰人
- 格陵蘭人 /格陵兰人 (Gélínglánrén)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Czech Gróňan, Gróňanka
- Gróňana person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Gróňankaa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Danish grønlænder
- grønlændera person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Dutch Groenlander, Groenlandse
- Groenlandera person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Groenlandsea person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Esperanto groenlandano, groenlandanino
- groenlandanoa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- groenlandaninoa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Finnish grönlantilainen
- grönlantilainena person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
French Groenlandais, Groenlandaise
- Groenlandaisa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Groenlandaisea person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
German Grönländer, Grönländerin
- Grönländera person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Grönländerina person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Greek Γροιλανδός, Γροιλανδή
- Γροιλανδός (Groilandós)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Γροιλανδή (Groilandí)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Γροιλανδέζα (Groilandéza)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Hungarian grönlandi
- grönlandia person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Icelandic Grænlendingur, Grænlendingar
- Grænlendingura person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Grænlendingara person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Irish Graonlannach
- Graonlannacha person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Italian groenlandese, groenlandesi
- groenlandesea person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- groenlandesia person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Japanese グリーンランド人
- グリーンランド人 (guriinrandojin)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Korean 그린란드인, 그린란드 사람
- 그린란드인 (geurillandeu'in)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- 그린란드 사람 (geurillandeu saram)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Norwegian Bokmål grønlender
- grønlendera person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Polish Grenlandczyk, Grenlandka
- Grenlandczyka person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Grenlandkaa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Portuguese groenlandês, gronelandês
- groenlandêsa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- gronelandêsa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Romanian groenlandez, groenlandeză
- groenlandeza person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- groenlandezăa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Russian гренла́ндец
- гренла́ндец (grenlándec)a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Slovak Grónčan, Grónčanka
- Grónčana person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Grónčankaa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Spanish groenlandés, groenlandesa
- groenlandésa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- groenlandesaa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Swedish grönländare, grönlänning
- grönländarea person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- grönlänninga person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- grönländskaa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Turkish Grönlandlı
- Grönlandlıa person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Welsh Glasynyswr, Glasynyswraig
- Glasynyswra person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
- Glasynyswraiga person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent
Cite this entry
APA
Greenlander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlander
MLA
“Greenlander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlander. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greenlander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlander.
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