Neuter
Grab
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) grave
- (neuter, strong) tomb
Concepts
Synonyms
Grabkammer
Grabgewölbe
Wasserrinne
Grabmal des Kaisers
Grablege
letzte Ruhestätte
Bestattungs
letzte Ruhe
Erdhügel
Translations
tombe
tumba
graf
sepultura
tomba
τάφοςFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡʁaːp/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, from Proto-West Germanic *grab, 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 (“grave”) and grȏblje (“graveyard, cemetery”), Czech hrob (“grave”), Slovak hrob (“grave”), Polish grób.
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