gruva

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === gruven === Noun === gruva f definite feminine singular of gruve == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === gruva f definite singular of gruve == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German grôve, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”). The modern sense is a semantic loan from German Grube, from the same Germanic etymon. ==== Noun ==== gruva c mine (place from which ore is extracted) (obsolete) pit, hole, (especially) firepit, primitive hearth ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== gräva ===== See also ===== bergverk dagbrott grustag kalkbrott stenbrott === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== gruva (present gruvar, preterite gruvade, supine gruvat, imperative gruva) (reflexive) (gruva sig) to be nervous or anxious (about something one has to do or the like) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== gruvlig gruvlighet gruvsam ===== See also ===== ruelse === References === “gruva”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gruva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gruva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)