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graben.

to dig

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɡʁaːbən/[ˈɡʁaːbm̩]Germany/ˈɡʁaːbɛn/[ˈɡʁaːbɱ̩]Austria

  1. to dig

    class-6 · intransitive · strong · transitive

  2. to burrow

    class-6 · intransitive · reflexive · strong · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German graben, from Old High German graban, from Proto-West Germanic *graban. Cognate with English grave (“to dig”), Polish grzebać (“to bury”), Czech hřésti (“to bury”). Doublet of gravieren. Compare German Grab (“grave”), Serbo-Croatian and Slovene grob (“grave”), Czech and Slovak hrob (“grave”), Polish grób (“grave”).

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