Noun: Gruft
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Gruft |
| Plural | Grüfte; Gruften |
Definite
| Singular | die Gruft |
| Plural | die Grüfte; Gruften |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Gruft |
| Plural | Grüfte; Gruften |
Definite
| Singular | der Gruft |
| Plural | der Grüfte; Gruften |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Gruft |
| Plural | Grüften; Gruften |
Definite
| Singular | der Gruft |
| Plural | den Grüften; Gruften |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Gruft |
| Plural | Grüfte; Gruften |
Definite
| Singular | die Gruft |
| Plural | die Grüfte; Gruften |
Sample Sentences
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Wir besichtigen die Gruft der Bischöfe im Münsteraner Dom. (We’ll visit the bishops’ vault in the cathedral of Münster.)
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Der Sarg wird mit Seilen in die Gruft hinabgelassen. (The coffin is lowered into the open grave by means of ropes.)
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Die Gruft läuft noch 25 Jahre. (The family grave has been leased for another 25 years.)
Etymology
1. 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.
2. 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. See: Latin Nouns '
crypta', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κρυπτή', Dutch Nouns '
krocht', Old English Nouns '
cruft'.
Verbs referencing "Gruft"
Old English Nouns
cruft, Dutch Nouns
krocht.
Translations