begraben
German (Berlin)
/bəˈɡʀaːbm̩/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (burial) to bury also figuratively
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German begraben inherited from Old High German bigraban derived from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (bury, engrave, inter, dig around) prefix from German graben (dig).
Origin
German (Berlin)
graben
Gloss
dig
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begrave English
- grave English
- ausgraben German
- graben German
- untergraben German
- vergraben German
- *gʰrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bigrabaną Proto-Germanic
- begrava Swedish
- begrafan Old English
- begraven Middle English
- graba Serbo-Croatian
- bigraban Old High German
- begraben Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- באַגראָבן Yiddish
- באַגרעבער Yiddish
- גראָבן Yiddish
- bigravan Old Dutch
- bograaban Cimbrian
- graaban Cimbrian
- bigravan Old Saxon
- bygrōwa Vilamovian