grob

See also: Grob, grób, grōb, and groß

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: grŏb; IPA^(key): /ɡɹɒb/
• (Received Pronunciation, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɒb/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ɡɹɔb/, (cot–caught merger) /ɡɹɑb/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡɹɒb/, (dialectal) /ɡɹɑb/
• (Australia, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɔb/
• Rhymes: -ɒb
• Hyphenation: grob

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English grobben, variant of grubben. More at grub.

Verb

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

1. Dialectal form of grub.

Derived terms

• grobble

Etymology 2

Clippings.

Noun

grob (plural grobs)

1. Clipping of grid object.
2. Clipping of graphical object.

Further reading

• “grob”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

German

Etymology

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.

Per Kroonen, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewbʰ- (“to grind”). If so, then related to Old High German griobo (“twigs, kindling, firewood”), from Proto-Germanic *greubô (“greaves”). Also related to Proto-Slavic *grǫbъ.

Alternatively, 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”)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -oːp, -ɔp
• Hyphenation: grob

Adjective

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

1. coarse, rough

   Antonym: fein

2. uncouth, rude, crude, ill-defined

Declension

Positive forms of grob number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist grob sie ist grob es ist grob sie sind grob strong declension (without article) nominative grober grobe grobes grobe genitive groben grober groben grober dative grobem grober grobem groben accusative groben grobe grobes grobe weak declension (with definite article) nominative der grobe die grobe das grobe die groben genitive des groben der groben des groben der groben dative dem groben der groben dem groben den groben accusative den groben die grobe das grobe die groben mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein grober eine grobe ein grobes (keine) groben genitive eines groben einer groben eines groben (keiner) groben dative einem groben einer groben einem groben (keinen) groben accusative einen groben eine grobe ein grobes (keine) groben Comparative forms of grob number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist gröber sie ist gröber es ist gröber sie sind gröber strong declension (without article) nominative gröberer gröbere gröberes gröbere genitive gröberen gröberer gröberen gröberer dative gröberem gröberer gröberem gröberen accusative gröberen gröbere gröberes gröbere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der gröbere die gröbere das gröbere die gröberen genitive des gröberen der gröberen des gröberen der gröberen dative dem gröberen der gröberen dem gröberen den gröberen accusative den gröberen die gröbere das gröbere die gröberen mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein gröberer eine gröbere ein gröberes (keine) gröberen genitive eines gröberen einer gröberen eines gröberen (keiner) gröberen dative einem gröberen einer gröberen einem gröberen (keinen) gröberen accusative einen gröberen eine gröbere ein gröberes (keine) gröberen Superlative forms of grob number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am gröbsten sie ist am gröbsten es ist am gröbsten sie sind am gröbsten strong declension (without article) nominative gröbster gröbste gröbstes gröbste genitive gröbsten gröbster gröbsten gröbster dative gröbstem gröbster gröbstem gröbsten accusative gröbsten gröbste gröbstes gröbste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der gröbste die gröbste das gröbste die gröbsten genitive des gröbsten der gröbsten des gröbsten der gröbsten dative dem gröbsten der gröbsten dem gröbsten den gröbsten accusative den gröbsten die gröbste das gröbste die gröbsten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein gröbster eine gröbste ein gröbstes (keine) gröbsten genitive eines gröbsten einer gröbsten eines gröbsten (keiner) gröbsten dative einem gröbsten einer gröbsten einem gröbsten (keinen) gröbsten accusative einen gröbsten eine gröbste ein gröbstes (keine) gröbsten

Derived terms

• Grobian m
• Grobschmied m

Further reading

• “grob”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “grob” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “grob” in Duden online

Gothic

Romanization

grōb

1. romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grobъ (“grave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp
• Syllabification: grob

Noun

grob m inan

1. (archaic) ditch

Declension

Declension of grob

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	grob	groba	groby
genitive	groba	grobowu	grobow
dative	groboju	groboma	grobam
accusative	grob	groba	groby
instrumental	grobom	groboma	grobami
locative	grobje	groboma	grobach

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

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”).

Adjective

grob

1. coarse

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈɡrɔp]

Noun

grob m inan

1. (Zagórze) alternative form of grab (“hornbeam”) (Carpinus betulus)

Further reading

• Dialectal dictionaries:
  • Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “grab”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[2] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 45

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *krewp-

Proto-Indo-European *krewp-o-s

Proto-Germanic *hreubazder.?

Old High German grob

Middle High German grob

German grobbor.

Romanian grob

Borrowed from German grob.

Adjective

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

1. coarse, rough

Declension

Declension of grob

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	grob		grobă	grobi	grobe
	definite	grobul		groba	grobii	grobele
genitive- dative	indefinite	grob		grobe	grobi	grobe
	definite	grobului		grobei	grobilor	grobelor

References

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

Further reading

• “grob”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrôb/

Noun

grȍb m inan (Cyrillic spelling гро̏б)

1. grave

Declension

Declension of grob

	singular	plural
nominative	grȍb	gròbovi
genitive	groba	grobova
dative	grobu	grobovima
accusative	grob	grobove
vocative	grobe	grobovi
locative	grobu	grobovima
instrumental	grobom	grobovima

Derived terms

• grȏblje, grobnica

Slovene

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *grebtei

Proto-Slavic *gretì

Proto-Slavic *gròbъ

Slovene grȍb

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gròbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔ́p/

Noun

grȍb m inan

1. grave

Declension

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

• “grob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “grob”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

• graob

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

grob n

1. grave