Etymograph

English

Hogrebe

Hogrebe comes from German Gaugraf ‘magistrate’, and goes back to Middle High German göugrâve ‘count of a district’.

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350göugrâve‘count of a district’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentGaugraf‘magistrate’
  3. EnglishtodayHogrebe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350göugrâve‘count of a district’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentGaugraf‘magistrate’
  3. EnglishtodayHogrebe

The story

The name originates from German Gaugraf (‘magistrate’), Lower-Saxony. Until now, the oldest document with the name Gogreve comes out of the year 1172: Luithewicus and his brother, priest Thomas, in Medebach.

Every English word from Middle High German göugrâve

Today it means

name A German family surname, a modern form of the surname Gogreve.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle High German göugrâve / Hogrebe

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