Grube

See also: grube and grübe

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʀuːbə/
  • Hyphenation: Gru‧be
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrebh- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with English groove.

Noun

Grube f (genitive Grube, plural Gruben, diminutive Grübchen n)

  1. pit
  2. (mining) mine
Declension
Declension of Grube
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Grube die Gruben
genitive einer der Grube der Gruben
dative einer der Grube den Gruben
accusative eine die Grube die Gruben
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Grube n (genitive Grubes)

  1. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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