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greve

See also: grevë, Greve, grevé, and grève

Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *grāfijō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡreːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʋə], [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʊ]

Noun

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greve c (singular definite greven, plural indefinite grever)

  1. count (a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl)

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  • When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf.

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Declension of greve
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative greve greven grever greverne
genitive greves grevens grevers grevernes

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: grè‧ve

Adjective

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greve m or f by sense (plural grevi)

  1. heavy
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 7–8; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova
      etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve
      I'm at the Third Circle, [that] of the eternal, cursed, cold, and heavy rain
    • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “XXXII — Quanto piú m’avicino al giorno extremo”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–8; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      […] Non molto andremo
      d’amor parlando omai, ché ’l duro et greve
      terreno incarco come frescha neve
      si va struggendo […]
      We're not going to be talking about love for long now, for the hard and heavy earthly load melts away like fresh snow
    • 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision]‎[1], published 1833, page 150:
      un dì da greve doglia sospinto, ardito divenni oltre al dovere
      One day, moved by a heavy grief, I became more daring than one should be
  2. coarse, vulgar

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Further reading

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  • “greve”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Middle English

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From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

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greve (plural greves)

  1. thicket, copse, bush; shrubbery, undergrowth
  2. grove, wood

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  • Yola: greve

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

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greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grever, definite plural grevene)

  1. a count or earl (nobleman)

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In titles greve takes the form grev.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German grēve. Doublet of greive.

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greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grevar, definite plural grevane)

  1. a count or earl (nobleman)

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In titles greve takes the form grev.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French grève.

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    • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: gre‧ve

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    greve f (plural greves)

    1. strike (work stoppage)
      Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede

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    greve f pl

    1. inflection of grevă:
      1. indefinite plural
      2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from English gravy.

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      • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾebe/ [ˈɡɾe.β̞e]
      • Rhymes: -ebe
      • Syllabification: gre‧ve

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      greve m (uncountable)

      1. (New Mexico) gravy
        Synonym: gravy

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      • Rubén Cobos (2003), A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎[2], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

      Swedish

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      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve.

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      greve c (feminine grevinna)

      1. a count
        greve Dracula
        count Dracula
        grevar och baroner
        counts and barons
        Greven såg ut över sina ägor och tänkte "Ah, underbart!"
        The count looked out over his lands ["ownings"] and thought, "Ah, wonderful!"
      2. an earl

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      Declension of greve
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite greve greves
      definite greven grevens
      plural indefinite grevar grevars
      definite grevarna grevarnas

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      Yola

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      Etymology

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      From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

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      greve

      1. grove, small wood

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      • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 43
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