Graben

See also: graben and Gräben

English

Proper noun

Graben

1. A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.

See also

• Graben-Neudorf

German

Etymology

From Middle High German grabe, from Old High German grabo. The geological sense was introduced in 1888 by Austrian geologist Eduard Suess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁaːbn̩/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Graben m (strong, genitive Grabens, plural Gräben)

1. ditch
2. (military) trench
3. (geology) graben

   Oberrheingraben ― Upper Rhine graben

Declension

Declension of Graben [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Graben	die	Gräben
genitive	eines	des	Grabens	der	Gräben
dative	einem	dem	Graben	den	Gräben
accusative	einen	den	Graben	die	Gräben

Related terms

• Grab
• graben

Descendants

• → English: graben

Further reading

• “Graben” in Duden online
• “Graben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Graben (Geologie) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de