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grob

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See also: Grob, grób, grōb, and groß

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English grobben, variant of grubben. More at grub.

Verb

grob (third-person singular simple present grobs, present participle grobbing, simple past and past participle grobbed)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of grub.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clippings.

Noun

grob (plural grobs)

  1. Clipping of grid object.
  2. Clipping of graphical object.
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German

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.

Per Kroonen, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (coarse), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewbʰ- (to grind). If so, then related to Old High German griobo (twigs, kindling, firewood), from Proto-Germanic *greubô (greaves). Also related to Proto-Slavic *grǫbъ.

Alternatively, 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)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁoːp/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɔp/ (some northern speakers, but inflected forms always with long vowel)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adjective

grob (strong nominative masculine singular grober, comparative gröber, superlative am gröbsten)

  1. coarse, rough
    Antonym: fein
  2. uncouth, rude, crude, ill-defined

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • grob” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • grob” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • grob” in Duden online
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Gothic

Romanization

grōb

  1. romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grobъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

grob m inan

  1. (archaic) ditch

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “grob”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “grob”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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Old High German

Romanian

Serbo-Croatian

Slovene

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