# Greta
## English
### Etymology 1

From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.

#### Proper noun

Greta
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 2015, Janice Dickson, Herbert Peppard: The Eternal Man, FriesenPress, →ISBN:Herb and Greta poured through “name” books and the only name they could agree on was “Rosalie.” Greta told Herb that she didn't want her daughter's name to end in a “lie,” and so they named her Rosalee.

##### Derived terms

* Greta Thunbergian

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse grjót + a.

#### Proper noun

Greta
* A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Keswick.
** 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.
* A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
* A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.
* A minor river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
* Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:
** A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.
** A locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria.

##### Derived terms

* Greta Bridge (bridge and hamlet)

### References

* ↑ NZ Topo Map: Greta River

### Anagrams

* 'Gater, Gater, ergat-, grate, great, great-, retag, targe, terga

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Greta f
* a female given name

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Greta
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Greta: Gretuson
* daughter of Greta: Gretudóttir

#### Declension
## Norwegian
### Etymology

From German Greta, from Margareta. Recorded in Norway since the 15th century.

### Proper noun

Greta
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Grete, Grethe

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1815 females with the given name Greta living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

## Polish
### Etymology

Derived from German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɛ.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Syllabification: Gre‧ta

### Proper noun

Greta f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Greta

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Greta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German Greta, from Margareta. First recorded in Sweden in 1309.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Greta c (genitive Gretas)
* a female given name
* Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån: 12 802 females with the given name Greta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

### Anagrams

* tager, tegar