greve

See also: Greve, grevé, and grève

Danish

Alternative forms

• grev

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of greve

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	greve	greven	grever	greverne
genitive	greves	grevens	grevers	grevernes

Derived terms

• grevelig (“comital”)
• grevinde (“countess”)
• grevskab (“county”)

See also

• greve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Greve (rang) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “greve” in Den Danske Ordbog

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

greve (plural grevi)

1. heavy
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 7–8; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd 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]‎^[3], 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

Derived terms

• grevemente
• grevità

Further reading

• greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle English

Alternative forms

• grefe

Etymology

From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛːv(ə)/

Noun

greve (plural greves)

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

Descendants

• Yola: greve

References

• “grēve, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

Noun

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

1. a count or earl (nobleman)

Usage notes

In titles greve takes the form grev.

Derived terms

• grevinne
• grevskap

References

• “greve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

Noun

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

1. a count or earl (nobleman)

Usage notes

In titles greve takes the form grev.

Derived terms

• grevinne
• grevskap

References

• “greve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French grève.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.vi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.vi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.ve/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɛ.bɨ/ [ˈɡɾɛ.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: gre‧ve

Noun

greve f (plural greves)

1. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede

Derived terms

• grevista

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡreve]

Noun

greve f pl

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

greve m (uncountable)

1. (New Mexico) gravy

   Synonym: gravy

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[4], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• grefve (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

greve c (feminine grevinna)

1. a count

   greve Dracula

   count Dracula

   grevar och baroner

   counts and barons

2. an earl

Declension

Declension of greve
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	greve	greven	grevar	grevarna
Genitive	greves	grevens	grevars	grevarnas

Derived terms

• i grevens tid (“not a minute too soon”)
• grevinna (“countess”)

References

• greve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• greve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• greve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiːv/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

greve

1. grove, small wood

Etymology 2

Noun

greve

1. Alternative form of grue

References

• 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