Grab

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(neuter, strong) grave
(neuter, strong) tomb

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁaːp/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with Dutch

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Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Icelandic

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian

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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.