gravierend

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁaˈviːʁənt/ === Etymology 1 === Participle of Middle High German gravieren (“to burden”), from Latin gravāre, gravō (“to burden”), from gravis (“heavy”). ==== Adjective ==== gravierend (strong nominative masculine singular gravierender, comparative gravierender, superlative am gravierendsten) (higher register) grave, serious Synonym: schwerwiegend ein gravierendes Problem ― a serious problem ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== gravitätisch === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== gravierend present participle of gravieren (“to engrave”) === References === === Further reading === “gravierend” in Duden online “gravierend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “gravierend”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 276