Grube

== English == === Proper noun === Grube A surname. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. === Anagrams === Burge, gebur, guber == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʁuːbə/ Hyphenation: Gru‧be === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German gruobe, from Old High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-, whence also German graben (“to dig”). Cognate with Dutch groeve, English groove, Galician groba. Doublet of Groove. ==== Noun ==== Grube f (genitive Grube, plural Gruben, diminutive Grübchen n or Grüblein n) pit, excavation (man- or animal-made hole in the ground) (mining, now chiefly in compounds) mine Synonyms: Bergwerk, (chiefly with metals) Mine, (colloquial) Pütt Grubenunglück ― mine disaster Goldgrube ― gold mine ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== Grubenschacht, Grubenunglück Fallgrube, Goldgrube, Müllgrube, Sandgrube, Wolfsgrube wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Grube n (proper noun, genitive Grubes or (optionally with an article) Grube) a municipality of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany === Further reading === “Grube” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Grube” in Duden online “Grube”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)