Noun: Grab
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Grab |
| Plural | Gräber |
Definite
| Singular | das Grab |
| Plural | die Gräber |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Grabes; Grabs |
| Plural | Gräber |
Definite
| Singular | des Grabes; Grabs |
| Plural | der Gräber |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Grab; Grabe |
| Plural | Gräbern |
Definite
| Singular | dem Grab; Grabe |
| Plural | den Gräbern |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Grab |
| Plural | Gräber |
Definite
| Singular | das Grab |
| Plural | die Gräber |
Sample Sentences
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Auf ihrem Grab da steht eine Linde, / drin pfeifen die Vögel und Abendwinde, / und drunter sitzt, auf dem grünen Platz, / der Müllersknecht mit seinem Schatz. (Upon your grave there stands a linden wherein whistle the fowls and evening-wind, and thereunder sits upon the green square the miller's servant with his care.) [1844, Heinrich Heine, “Tragödie III”, in Neue Gedichte:]
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. 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. See: Dutch Nouns '
graf', English Nouns '
grave', Danish Nouns '
grav', Icelandic Nouns '
gröf', Czech Nouns '
hrob', Slovak Nouns '
hrob', Polish Nouns '
grób'.
Verbs referencing "Grab"
English Nouns
grave, Czech Nouns
hrob, Danish Nouns
grav, Swedish Nouns
grav.
Translations