eingraben
German, verb/ˈaɪ̯nɡʁaːbən/
eingraben is spelled E-I-N-G-R-A-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eingraben is a German verb meaning “to bury, to dig in (to cover over something by digging)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter die Erde bringen, in der Erde vergraben/verankern”.
What does eingraben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bury, to dig in (to cover over something by digging)
- 2
to entrench
- 3
to plant (deep) (e.g., a tree, shrub, etc.)
- 4
to engrave, to imprint, to etch (e.g., in one's memory)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unter die Erde bringen, in der Erde vergraben/verankern 2. eine Oberfläche durch Druck deformieren, eine Spur hinterlassen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of eingraben
- gräbt ein present singular third-person
- grub ein past
- eingegraben participle past
- grübe ein past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- eingrabend participle present
- einzugraben infinitive infinitive-zu
- grabe ein first-person indicative present
- graben ein first-person indicative plural
- gräbst ein indicative present second-person
- grabt ein indicative plural present
- grabest ein second-person singular subjunctive
- grabet ein plural second-person subjunctive
- gruben ein first-person indicative plural
- grüben ein first-person formal plural
- grubst ein indicative preterite second-person
- grubt ein indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eingraben?
- /ˈaɪ̯nɡʁaːbən/
- Germany [ˈɡʁaːbm̩]
- /ˈaɛ̯nɡʁaːbɛn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eingraben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eingraben in German?
eingraben appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).