Grube

See also: grube and grübe

English

Proper noun

Grube

  1. A surname.
  2. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Anagrams

German

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

From Middle High German grūbe, gruobe, from Old High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with English groove. Doublet of Groove.

Noun

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

  1. pit
  2. (mining) mine
Declension
Declension of Grube [feminine]
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
Descendants
  • → Danish: grube
  • → Ukrainian: груба (hruba)
  • → Saterland Frisian: Gruube
  • → Silesian: gruba
  • → Swedish: gruva

Proper noun

Grube n (proper noun, genitive Grubes or (optionally with an article) Grube)

  1. A municipality of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Further reading
  • “Grube” in Duden online
  • “Grube” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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