Polyglot Dictionary

begraben

/bəˈɡʁaːbn̩/

verb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
begräbt
past
begrub
perfect
hat begraben

Meaning

  1. to bury

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

vergraben

Begraben is burying a PERSON, in a funeral context; vergraben is burying an OBJECT, like treasure or a bone.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

enterrar

enterrar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to bury."

Portuguese

sepultar

sepultar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to bury."

Practice

1 What does begraben mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches begraben?

verbirregular

Last updated