Grab

Meaning

1. (neuter,strong) grave
2. (neuter,strong) tomb

Concepts

grave

tomb

sepulchre

sepulcher

imperial tomb

gravesite

burial

cemetery

graveyard

funerary

burial pit

mound

tumulus

mausoleum

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁaːp/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Ich schwöre es beim Grab meiner Großmutter .

I swear on my grandmother's grave.

Das Grab selbst eng und überwölbt.

The tomb itself is narrow and arched.

Sein Grab befindet sich auf dem Bonner Alten Friedhof .

His grave is located in Bonn's Old Cemetery.