Grab

See also: grab

German

Etymology

From Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, 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 and groblje (“grave”), Czech and Slovak hrob (“grave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁaːp/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁap/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːp, -ap

Noun

Grab n (genitive Grabs or Grabes, plural Gräber)

  1. grave
  2. tomb

Declension
Declension of Grab
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Grab die Gräber
genitive eines des Grabes,
Grabs		 der Gräber
dative einem dem Grab,
Grabe1		 den Gräbern
accusative ein das Grab die Gräber
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Grab in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

From grab (“hornbeam”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrap/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Grab m pers or f

  1. A masculine surname​.
  2. A feminine surname​.

Declension

Masculine surname:

declension of Grab
singular plural
nominative Grab Grabowie
genitive Graba Grabów
dative Grabowi Grabom
accusative Graba Grabów
instrumental Grabem Grabami
locative Grabie Grabach
vocative Grabie Grabowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

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