UrsprungFrom Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve.
- common-gendera 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!"
- common-genderan earl
Formergrevinna(feminine) · greve(indefinite, nominative, singular) · greves(genitive, indefinite, singular) · greven(definite, nominative, singular) · grevens(definite, genitive, singular) · grevar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · grevars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · grevarna(definite, nominative, plural) · grevarnas(definite, genitive, plural) · grefve(alternative, obsolete)