Grov

Grov is a term used in several North Germanic languages, notably Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. As an adjective, grov means rough, coarse, or crude, and it is used to describe physical textures as well as behaviors, conditions, or penalties. The word participates in common compound formations and takes inflected forms according to the language and grammatical context.

In Swedish, grov is widely used in legal and descriptive terms, such as grov misshandel (gross assault) and grova brott (serious crimes). It also appears in everyday phrases to indicate rough texture, for example grov sand (coarse sand). In Norwegian and Danish, grov has a similar meaning and is used similarly in compounds; the adverbial form typically appears as grovt.

Across these languages, grov shares a common Germanic heritage and aligns with related terms describing roughness or severity, though exact cognates and inflection patterns vary by language.

Beyond its lexical use, grov can appear as a surname in Nordic regions and may occur in place names, though such uses are relatively uncommon and highly localized.

Overall, grov is a standard descriptive term in Scandinavian languages, with its precise spelling and forms adapting to gender, number, and definiteness in each language.