greve
Danish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]greve c (singular definite greven, plural indefinite grever)
- count (a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl)
Usage notes
[edit]- When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]greve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Greve (rang) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
[edit]- “greve” in Den Danske Ordbog
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]greve (plural grevi)
- heavy
- 1300s–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], 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][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
- coarse, vulgar
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]greve (plural greves)
Descendants
[edit]- Yola: greve
References
[edit]- “grēve, n.1”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.
Noun
[edit]greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grever, definite plural grevene)
Usage notes
[edit]In titles greve takes the form grev.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “greve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.
Noun
[edit]greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grevar, definite plural grevane)
Usage notes
[edit]In titles greve takes the form grev.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “greve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: gre‧ve
Noun
[edit]greve f (plural greves)
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]greve f pl
- inflection of grevă:
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]greve m (uncountable)
- (New Mexico) gravy
- Synonym: gravy
References
[edit]- Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish[4], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]greve c (feminine grevinna)
- 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!"
- an earl
Declension
[edit]Declension of greve | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | greve | greven | grevar | grevarna |
Genitive | greves | grevens | grevars | grevarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]- i grevens tid (“not a minute too soon”)
- grevinna (“countess”)
References
[edit]- greve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- greve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- greve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Yola
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.
Noun
[edit]greve
- grove, small wood
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]greve
- Alternative form of grue
References
[edit]- 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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