grav

See also: gräv

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Swedish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, West Frisian grêf, Low German Graf, Graff, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraːv/, [ɡ̊ʁɑwˀ]

Noun

grav c (singular definite graven, plural indefinite grave)

  1. grave, tomb
  2. pit, ditch, trench
Inflection

Etymology 2

See grave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraːv/, [ɡ̊ʁɑwˀ]

Verb

grav

  1. imperative of grave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf

Noun

grav f, m (definite singular grava or graven, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

  1. a grave (place of burial)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

  1. imperative of grave

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɑːʋ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf. Akin to English grave.

Noun

grav f (definite singular grava, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

  1. a grave (place of burial)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

  1. imperative of grava and grave

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French grave, Latin gravis. Compare the inherited doublet greu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrav/

Adjective

grav m, n (feminine singular gravă, masculine plural gravi, feminine and neuter plural grave)

  1. grave, serious
  2. critical, important, weighty
  3. severe, stern
  4. earnest
  5. baritone, low in pitch, tone

Declension

Synonyms

Adverb

grav

  1. gravely

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Danish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grav

  1. severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder
  2. grave (accent)

Declension

Inflection of grav
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grav gravare gravast
Neuter singular gravt gravare gravast
Plural grava gravare gravast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 grave gravare gravaste
All grava gravare gravaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Noun

grav c

  1. a grave

Declension

Declension of grav 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grav graven gravar gravarna
Genitive gravs gravens gravars gravarnas
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