grob
Meaning
- coarse, rough
- uncouth, rude, crude, ill-defined
Concepts
in outline
in round numbers
feeling rough
qui signifient grand
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
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
groob
Basel-Landschaft
ruechig
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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