grübeln

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German grübelen, from Old High German grubilōn, ultimately from the root of graben (“to dig”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʁyːbəln/ === Verb === grübeln (weak, third-person singular present grübelt, past tense grübelte, past participle gegrübelt, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to brood, to ponder, to ruminate, to muse, to worry, to fret ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Grübler ausgrübeln ergrübeln nachgrübeln zergrübeln === Further reading === “grübeln” in Duden online “grübeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache