Meanings
proper noun
- A surname.
- A municipality in the Copenhagen metropolitan area, Denmark, south-west of the city.
Origin
- Middle Englishgreve“wood thicket”
- EnglishGreve
* As a north/Low German, Dutch and North Germanic surname, from the noun greve (“count”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the Middle Dutch noun greve (“moat, ditch”), related to the verb graven (“to dig”). * As an English surname, from Middle English greve (“wood thicket”), or a variant of Grieve.
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APA
Greve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greve
MLA
“Greve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greve. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greve.
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