Gruft

gruft German Etymology From de gmh gruft, kruft, from de goh gruft, kruft, chruft, from de gmw-pro *krufti, an early borrowing from de la crypta, from de grc κρυπτή. Cognate with nl krocht, gml kruft, ang cruft. de Grotte Krypta. Some authors think that the word may have been merged with a native West Germanic gmw-pro *grufti, deverbal from gmw-pro *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, de Gruft is certainly a derivative of de graben. Pronunciation de: de /ɡʁʊft/ de De-Gruft.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ʊft 1 Noun f,^e:en a vault, tomb, masoned grave; any kind, but especially one that is underground de Grabgewölbe Grabkammer Mausoleum de Wir besichtigen die Gruft der Bischöfe im Münsteraner Dom. We’ll visit the bishops’ vault in the cathedral of Münster. an open grave de Grube (offenes) Grab de Der Sarg wird mit Seilen in die Gruft hinabgelassen. The coffin is lowered into the open grave by means of ropes. de regional including Rhineland Westphalia a family grave, a parcel on a cemetery for usually two or more coffins de Familiengrab Grabparzelle Grabstelle de Die Gruft läuft noch 25 Jahre. The family grave has been leased for another 25 years. Declension f,^e:en Derived terms de Grufti References Further reading Plautdietsch Noun pdt noun f plural Grufte crypt mine vault pdt 1-syllable words