grob

Meaning

  1. coarse, rough
  2. uncouth, rude, crude, ill-defined

Synonyms

in groben Zügen

den Großhandel betreffend

im Großhandel

insensibel

unpräzise

unglimpflich

dickfellig

dickhäutig

mitleidlos

gefühlskalt

unsensibel

unmanierlich

undetailliert

vulgäre Frau

ausfällig

im großen Ganzen

in Wildwest-Manier

uncharmant

rauborstig

grobklotzig

wenig galant

grosso modo

ganz allgemein gesagt

allgemein gesehen

ohne in die Einzelheiten zu gehen

gröblich

Hauptmasse

suspekt

unbearbeitet

ungekünstelt

unkultiviert

unschicklich

wildwachsend

wischiwaschi

zusammenhanglos

bäuerisch

Bürgerlicher

grob gesagt

plapperhaft

freiherzig

leichthin

nicht gut

in grober Sprechweise

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

groob

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ruechig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wiescht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡʁoːp/
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. 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”) Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub”). If so, then related to Old High German griobo (“twigs, kindling, firewood”), from Proto-Germanic *greubô (“greaves”).

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