Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greven

/ɡɹivən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: greven
IPA: /ɡɹivən/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cracklings from rendered chicken fat.

Uncountable

name

Example Sentences

"a plate of chopped liver with schmaltz and chopped onion and chopped radish and greven (cracklings from rendered chicken fat)"

Etymology

From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Grevens (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce greven?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹivən/.
What does greven mean?: Cracklings from rendered chicken fat.
Where does greven come from?: From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven.

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