Message: "Griet" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Griet

by nai (nafer1)

2/27/2005, 4:16 PM

this name is in the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring. It's not on this site and i can't think or where it could be from. Some people said it as Gree-et others as Greet. So maybe from Margaret but that's just guessing. I think she's suppose to be Dutch from memory.
tia

Nai

#Griet

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- Satu (_satu_)

3/1/2005, 10:24 AM

Hi Nai,

Griet is used in Germany as well (Low German and Frisian short form of Margriet); and the pronunciation is "greet" (German R-sound of course).

Regards, Satu

- Anneza (guest) +1

2/27/2005, 10:19 PM

Pronounce it to rhyme with 'kit'. And the G is that lovely throat-clearing sound used in 'loch'.

- nai (guest)

2/28/2005, 4:54 PM

thanks for that. So basically everyone was saying it very wrong and a little wrong. hehehe.

- Miss Claire +1

2/27/2005, 5:57 PM

Yup, it is Dutch. It is a pet form of Margaret. In fact it is on this site, under the form Greet.

~~ Claire ~~

This message was edited 2/27/2005, 5:58 PM

- nai (guest)

2/28/2005, 4:52 PM

thank you for confirming my thoughts. :o)

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