Meanings
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Greenland, the Greenlandic people or the Greenlandic language.
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In 2014, the Greenlandic government — called the Naalakkersuisut — established a reconciliation commission to investigate the continuing consequences of colonialism. After three years, the commission concluded that a majority of the nearly 60,000 people living in Greenland, 88 percent of whom are Greenlandic Inuit, are still marked by the negative effects of the colonial period.
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
- The official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.
Nevertheless, it may be too late—mistakes in Greenlandic already seem to have become embedded in machine translators. If you prompt either Google Translate or ChatGPT to do something as simple as count to 10 in proper Greenlandic, neither program can deliver.
2025 September 25, Jacob Judah, “How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral”, in MIT Technology Review, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2025Synonyms: Greenlandish, Kalaallisut
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.
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
- EnglishGreenlandic
Translations
Basque groenlandiera
- groenlandieralanguage
Brazilian Portuguese groenlandês, groenlandês
- groenlandêsof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- groenlandêslanguage
Bulgarian гренла́ндски ези́к
- гренла́ндски ези́к (grenlándski ezík)language
Catalan groenlandès, grenlandès
- groenlandèsof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grenlandèsof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- groenlandèslanguage
- grenlandèslanguage
- kalaallisutlanguage
Chinese Mandarin 格陵蘭的 /格陵兰的, 格陵蘭語 /格陵兰语
- 格陵蘭的 /格陵兰的 (Gélínglán de)of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- 格陵蘭語 /格陵兰语 (Gélínglán yǔ)language
Czech grónský, grónština
- grónskýof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grónštinalanguage
Danish grønlandsk, grønlandsk
- grønlandskof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grønlandsklanguage
Dutch Groenlands, Groenlands
- Groenlandsof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- Groenlandslanguage
Esperanto Gronlanda lingvo
- Gronlanda lingvolanguage
European Portuguese gronelandês, gronelandês
- gronelandêsof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- gronelandêslanguage
Finnish grönlantilainen, grönlanti
- grönlantilainenof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grönlantilanguage
- grönlannin kielilanguage
French groenlandais, groenlandais
- groenlandaisof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- groenlandaislanguage
German grönländisch, Grönländisch
- grönländischof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- Grönländischlanguage
- Kalaallisutlanguage
Greek γροιλανδικός, γροιλανδικά
- γροιλανδικός (groilandikós)of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- γροιλανδικά (groilandiká)language
Hawaiian ʻōlelo ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo
- ʻōlelo ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻolanguage
Hungarian grönlandi, grönlandi nyelv
- grönlandiof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grönlandi nyelvlanguage
Icelandic grænlenskur, grænlenska
- grænlenskurof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grænlenskalanguage
Indonesian bahasa Kalaallisut
- bahasa Kalaallisutlanguage
Irish Graonlannach, Graonlainnis
- Graonlannachof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- Graonlainnislanguage
Italian groenlandese, groenlandese
- groenlandeseof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- groenlandeselanguage
Japanese グリーンランド語, カラーリット語
- グリーンランド語 (Gurīnrando-go)language
- カラーリット語 (Karāritto-go)language
Korean 그린란드어
- 그린란드어 (Geurillandeu-eo)language
Latin lingua Groenlandica
- lingua Groenlandicalanguage
Lithuanian grenlandų kalba
- grenlandų kalbalanguage
Norwegian Bokmål grønlandsk, grønlandsk
- grønlandskof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grønlandsklanguage
Polish grenlandzki, grenlandzki
- grenlandzkiof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grenlandzkilanguage
Russian гренла́ндский, гренла́ндский язы́к
- гренла́ндский (grenlándskij)of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- гренла́ндский язы́к (grenlándskij jazýk)language
- гренла́ндский (grenlándskij)language
Slovak grónčina
- grónčinalanguage
Spanish groenlandés, groenlandés
- groenlandésof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- groenlandéslanguage
Swahili Kigrinlandi
- Kigrinlandilanguage
Swedish grönländsk, grönländska
- grönländskof, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
- grönländskalanguage
Turkish Grönlandca, Kalaallisut
- Grönlandcalanguage
- Kalaallisutlanguage
Ukrainian ґренла́ндська
- ґренла́ндська (grenlándsʹka)language
Welsh Glasynyseg
- Glasynyseglanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Greenlandic
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Cite this entry
Greenlandic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlandic
“Greenlandic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlandic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greenlandic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlandic.
Source: Greenlandic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.