grob

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See also: Grob, grób, grōb, and groß

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English grobben, variant of grubben. More at grub.

Verb[edit]

grob (third-person singular simple present grobs, present participle grobbing, simple past and past participle grobbed)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of grub

Derived terms[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German grob, grop, from Old High German grob, girob, of uncertain origin. Compare also Low German groff, Dutch grof, Saterland Frisian groaf, and English gruff.

Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *gahrob, from Proto-Germanic *gahrubaz, *hrubaz (scabby, crusty, rough), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (scab). If so, cognate with Old High German riob (scabby, leprous, mangy), Old English hrēof (rough, scabbed, leprous)

Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (coarse), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (to rub). If so, then related to Old High German griobo (twigs, kindling, firewood), from Proto-Germanic *greubô (greaves).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁoːp/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɔp/ (some northern speakers, but inflected forms always with long vowel)
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Adjective[edit]

grob (strong nominative masculine singular grober, comparative gröber, superlative am gröbsten)

  1. coarse, rough
  2. uncouth, rude, crude, ill-defined

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • grob” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • grob” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • grob” in Duden online

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

grōb

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *grobъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grob m inan

  1. (archaic) ditch

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “grob”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “grob”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

If related to Old English hrēof (mangy, rough), then possibly from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (rough, crusty). See also Dutch grof, as well as modern German Griebe (greaves, crackling).[1]

Adjective[edit]

grob

  1. coarse

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “grob”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German grob.

Adjective[edit]

grob m or n (feminine singular grobă, masculine plural grobi, feminine and neuter plural grobe)

  1. coarse, rough

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • grob in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grobъ, whence also Czech and Slovak hrob (grave).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grȍb m (Cyrillic spelling гро̏б)

  1. grave

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *grobъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grȍb m inan

  1. grave

Inflection[edit]

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing. gròb
gen. sing. grôba
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
gròb grobôva grobôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
grôba grobôv grobôv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
grôbu grobôvoma grobôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
gròb grobôva grobôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
grôbu grobôvih grobôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
grôbom grobôvoma grobôvi
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. gròb
gen. sing. grôba
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
gròb grôba grôbi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
grôba grôbov grôbov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
grôbu grôboma grôbom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
gròb grôba grôbe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
grôbu grôbih grôbih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
grôbom grôboma grôbi

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading[edit]

  • grob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Vilamovian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, from Proto-Germanic *grabą.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grob n

  1. grave