grever

Danish

Noun

grever c

1. indefinite plural of greve

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French grever, borrowed from Latin gravāre (with influence from Vulgar Latin grevis (cf. grief), from gravis (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁə.ve/

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Verb

grever

1. (transitive) to burden; put a burden on
2. (transitive, figuratively) to put a weight on (someone's shoulders)
3. (transitive) to hang over; weigh heavy over

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il grève and the third-person singular future indicative il grèvera.

Conjugation of grever (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grever
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grevant /ɡʁə.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grevé /ɡʁə.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grève /ɡʁɛv/	grèves /ɡʁɛv/	grève /ɡʁɛv/	grevons /ɡʁə.vɔ̃/	grevez /ɡʁə.ve/	grèvent /ɡʁɛv/
	imperfect	grevais /ɡʁə.vɛ/	grevais /ɡʁə.vɛ/	grevait /ɡʁə.vɛ/	grevions /ɡʁə.vjɔ̃/	greviez /ɡʁə.vje/	grevaient /ɡʁə.vɛ/
	past historic2	grevai /ɡʁə.ve/	grevas /ɡʁə.va/	greva /ɡʁə.va/	grevâmes /ɡʁə.vam/	grevâtes /ɡʁə.vat/	grevèrent /ɡʁə.vɛʁ/
	future	grèverai /ɡʁɛ.vʁe/ or /ɡʁe.vʁe/	grèveras /ɡʁɛ.vʁa/ or /ɡʁe.vʁa/	grèvera /ɡʁɛ.vʁa/ or /ɡʁe.vʁa/	grèverons /ɡʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.vʁɔ̃/	grèverez /ɡʁɛ.vʁe/ or /ɡʁe.vʁe/	grèveront /ɡʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grèverais /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.vʁɛ/	grèverais /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.vʁɛ/	grèverait /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.vʁɛ/	grèverions /ɡʁɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.və.ʁjɔ̃/	grèveriez /ɡʁɛ.və.ʁje/ or /ɡʁe.və.ʁje/	grèveraient /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	grève /ɡʁɛv/	grèves /ɡʁɛv/	grève /ɡʁɛv/	grevions /ɡʁə.vjɔ̃/	greviez /ɡʁə.vje/	grèvent /ɡʁɛv/
	imperfect2	grevasse /ɡʁə.vas/	grevasses /ɡʁə.vas/	grevât /ɡʁə.va/	grevassions /ɡʁə.va.sjɔ̃/	grevassiez /ɡʁə.va.sje/	grevassent /ɡʁə.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grève /ɡʁɛv/	—	grevons /ɡʁə.vɔ̃/	grevez /ɡʁə.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• dégrever

Related terms

• aggraver
• grief

Further reading

• “grever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grever m

1. indefinite plural of greve

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gravāre, present active infinitive of gravō (“I make heavier”), with influence from Vulgar Latin grevis (cf. grief).

Verb

grever

1. to weigh down; to make heavier
2. to burden; to overwhelm with burden
3. to irritate; to bother; to annoy
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     M’an irai, se il ne vos grieve.

     I will leave, if it doesn't bother you

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem griev distinct from the unstressed stem grev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of grever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		grever			avoir grevé
gerund		en grevant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		grevant
past participle		grevé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	grief	grieves	grieve	grevons	grevez	grievent
	imperfect	grevoie, greveie, grevoe, greveve	grevoies, greveies, grevoes, greveves	grevoit, greveit, grevot, greveve	greviiens, greviens	greviiez, greviez	grevoient, greveient, grevoent, grevevent
	preterite	grevai	grevas	greva	grevames	grevastes	greverent
	future	greverai	greveras	grevera	greverons	greveroiz, grevereiz, greverez	greveront
	conditional	greveroie, grevereie	greveroies, grevereies	greveroit, grevereit	greveriiens, greveriens	greveriiez, greveriez	greveroient, grevereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	grief	gries	griet	grevons	grevez	grievent
	imperfect	grevasse	grevasses	grevast	grevissons, grevissiens	grevissoiz, grevissez, grevissiez	grevassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	grieve	—	grevons	grevez	—

Related terms

• grevain
• grief

Descendants

• English: grieve
• French: grever