# greve
## Danish
### Alternative forms

* grev

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡreːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʋə], [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʊ]

### Noun

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

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

#### 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: /ˈɡrɛ.ve/
* Rhymes: -ɛve
* Hyphenation: grè‧ve

### Adjective

greve (plural grevi)
* 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 greveI'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]‎, published 1833, page 150:un dì da greve doglia sospinto, ardito divenni oltre al dovereOne day, moved by a heavy grief, I became more daring than one should be
* 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: /ˈɡrɛːv(ə)/

### Noun

greve (plural greves)
* thicket, copse, bush; shrubbery, undergrowth
* 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)
* 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)
* 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: /ˈɡɾɛ.vi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɾɛ.vi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɾɛ.ve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾɛ.bɨ/ [ˈɡɾɛ.βɨ]
* Hyphenation: gre‧ve

### Noun

greve f (plural greves)
* strike (work stoppage)
    Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede

#### Derived terms

* grevista

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡreve]

### Noun

greve f pl
* inflection of grevă:
** indefinite plural
** indefinite genitive/dative singular

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gravy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾebe/ [ˈɡɾe.β̞e]
* Rhymes: -ebe
* Syllabification: gre‧ve

### Noun

greve m (uncountable)
* (New Mexico) gravy
    Synonym: gravy

### References

* Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎, 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

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

greve c (feminine grevinna)
* a count
    greve Draculacount Dracula
    grevar och baronercounts 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

#### 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
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrɛːv/

#### Noun

greve
* grove, small wood

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

greve
* 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