Greta

See also: greta and Gretą

English

Etymology 1

From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.

Proper noun

Greta

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse grjót + a.

Proper noun

Greta

1. A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Keswick.
   • 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:

     After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.

2. A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
3. A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.
4. A minor river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
5. Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:
   1. A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.
   2. A locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria.

Derived terms

• Greta Bridge (bridge and hamlet)

Anagrams

• 'Gater, Gater, ergat-, grate, great, great-, retag, targe, terga

Faroese

Proper noun

Greta

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Greta: Gretuson
• daughter of Greta: Gretudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Greta
Accusative	Gretu
Dative	Gretu
Genitive	Gretu

Norwegian

Etymology

From German Greta, from Margareta. Recorded in Norway since the 15th century.

Proper noun

Greta

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Grete, Grethe

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1815 females with the given name Greta living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

Polish

Etymology

Derived from German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: Gre‧ta

Proper noun

Greta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Greta

Declension

Declension of Greta

	singular	plural
nominative	Greta	Grety
genitive	Grety	Gret
dative	Grecie	Gretom
accusative	Gretę	Grety
instrumental	Gretą	Gretami
locative	Grecie	Gretach
vocative	Greto	Grety

Further reading

• Greta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Greta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From German Greta, from Margareta. First recorded in Sweden in 1309.

Proper noun

Greta c (genitive Gretas)

1. a female given name
2. Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån: 12 802 females with the given name Greta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

Anagrams

• tager, tegar