Grab
See also: grab
German
Etymology
From Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Related to graben (“to dig”).
Compare Low German Graf, Graff, Dutch graf, English grave, Danish grav, Icelandic gröf, Serbo-Croatian grȍb and groblje (“grave”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Czech and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Slovak hrob (“grave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁaːp/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ɡʁap/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːp, -ap
Noun
Grab n (genitive Grabs or Grabes, plural Gräber, diminutive Gräbchen n or Gräblein n or Gräbelein n)
- grave
- 1844, Heinrich Heine, "Tragödie III", in Neue Gedichte.
- Auf ihrem Grab da steht eine Linde, / drin pfeifen die Vögel und Abendwinde, / und drunter sitzt, auf dem grünen Platz, / der Müllersknecht mit seinem Schatz.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1844, Heinrich Heine, "Tragödie III", in Neue Gedichte.
- tomb
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “Grab” in Duden online
Polish
Etymology
From grab (“hornbeam”).
Pronunciation
- Template:pl-IPA-auto
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Grab m pers or f
Declension
Masculine surname:
Declension of Grab
The feminine surname is indeclinable.
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