Gruft

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gruft, kruft, from Old High German gruft, kruft, chruft, from Proto-West Germanic *krufti, an early borrowing from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Cognate with Dutch krocht, Middle Low German kruft, Old English cruft. Doublet of Grotte and Krypta. Some authors think that the word may have been merged with a native West Germanic *grufti, deverbal from *graban (“to dig”). However, since the form with ⟨g⟩ appears almost exclusively in High German, it is more probably due to secondary association with this verb. For the modern native understanding, Gruft is certainly a derivative of graben. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁʊft/ Rhymes: -ʊft === Noun === Gruft f (genitive Gruft, plural Grüfte or Gruften) a vault, tomb, masoned grave; any kind, but especially one that is underground Synonyms: Grabgewölbe, Grabkammer, Mausoleum an open grave Synonyms: Grube, (offenes) Grab (regional, including Rhineland, Westphalia) a family grave, a parcel on a cemetery for usually two or more coffins Synonyms: Familiengrab, Grabparzelle, Grabstelle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Gruft” in Duden online “Gruft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Plautdietsch == === Noun === Gruft f (plural Grufte) crypt mine vault