Greve

Meaning

1. A surname.
2. A municipality in the Copenhagen metropolitan area, Denmark, south-west of the city.

Etymology / origin

* 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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