grej

Older greje, from Norwegian greie, from Old Norse greiði m (“account”), greiði n (“tool”), derived from the verb greiða (Danish greje).

• IPA^(key): /ɡrajˀ/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑjˀ]

grej n (singular definite grejet, plural indefinite grejer)

1. (in the singular or in the plural) tools, stuff

• barbergrej
• fiskegrej
• køkkengrej
• lappegrej
• malergrej

• “grej” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “grejer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English gray, originally named after English physicist Louis Harold Gray (1905–1965).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Syllabification: grej

grej m inan

1. gray (unit of absorbed dose of radiation)

• grej in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French grège.

grej n (uncountable)

1. greige

From earlier greja (whence the alternative plural form grejor). Borrowed from Norwegian greie, (dialectal) greida (“arrangement, (pl.) tools”). Derived from Old Norse greiða (“to arrange, comb, pay, perform”). Cognate with Danish grej, Norwegian Bokmål greie, and Norwegian Nynorsk greie.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

grej c

(colloquial)

1. a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)

   Synonym: sak

   Ölburkar och tvättmaskiner är två exempel på grejer.

   Beer cans and washing machines are two examples of things.

   Var vill du att jag lägger grejerna?

   Where do you want me to put the stuff?

   Vad är det där för röd grej? ― What is that red thing?

   De har en ny grej på gång ― They have a new thing they're working on

   Det hände en konstig grej igår. ― A strange thing happened yesterday.

2. a thing (something that exists, as opposed to not)

   Jag visste inte att det var en grej. ― I didn't know it was a thing.

3. thing (subjective liking)

   Atonal musik är inte min grej. ― Atonal music is not my thing.

4. thing, deal (point)

   Synonym: sak

   Grejen är (den) att vi måste hitta kunder. Annars konkar vi.

   The thing is (that) we need to find customers. Otherwise we'll go bust.

5. thing, deal (appeal)

   Jag fattar inte grejen med hans filmer. Varför är de så populära?

   I don't understand what the deal is with his movies. Why are they so popular?

6. thing (central (distinguishing) thing, in some context)

   Atonal schlager skulle bli vår grej, men de snodde vår idé.

   Atonal schlager was going to be our thing, but they stole our idea.

• grejsimojs c or n (“thingumajig”)

• greja (“to manage”)
• reda (“to order; order”)

• grej in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grej in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)