OriginFrom German Grube (“pit, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrebh- (“to dig, scrape, bury”).
- common-gendermine (place from which ore is extracted)
- reflexive(gruva sig) to be nervous or anxious (about something one has to do or the like)
Formsgruva(indefinite, nominative, singular) · gruvas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · gruvan(definite, nominative, singular) · gruvans(definite, genitive, singular) · gruvor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · gruvors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · gruvorna(definite, nominative, plural) · gruvornas(definite, genitive, plural) · gruvar(present) · gruvade(preterite) · gruvat(supine) · gruva(imperative) · gruva(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · gruvat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · gruva(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · gruven(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)