greven

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/ɡɹivən//ɡɹeɪvən/

noun

Cracklings from rendered chicken fat.

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Meanings

greven1

noungreven (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCracklings from rendered chicken fat.

    a plate of chopped liver with schmaltz and chopped onion and chopped radish and greven (cracklings from rendered chicken fat)

    1974, Calvin Trillin, “Mao and Me”, in Alice, let's eat

Greven2

proper nounGreven (plural Grevens)

plural Grevens

  1. A surname.

Origin

From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven.

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APA

greven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greven

MLA

“greven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greven. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greven,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greven.

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