vergraben
German, verb
vergraben is spelled V-E-R-G-R-A-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written German, the 17,543rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergraben is a German verb meaning “to bury (to place in the ground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of vergraben. With a capital, Vergraben is a different word: “gerund of vergraben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Loch in die Erde, den Boden machen, etwas hineinlegen oder -werfen und das Loch wieder zuschütten”.
What does vergraben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bury (to place in the ground)
adjective
- 1
buried
verb
- 1
past participle of vergraben
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vergraben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Loch in die Erde, den Boden machen, etwas hineinlegen oder -werfen und das Loch wieder zuschütten
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 vergraben
- vergräbt present singular third-person
- vergrub past
- vergrübe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- vergrabend participle present
- vergrabe first-person indicative present
- vergräbst indicative present second-person
- vergrabt indicative plural present
- vergrabest second-person singular subjunctive
- vergrabet plural second-person subjunctive
- vergruben first-person indicative plural
- vergrüben first-person formal plural
- vergrubst indicative preterite second-person
- vergrubt indicative plural preterite
- vergrübest formal rare second-person
- vergrübst formal rare second-person
- vergrübet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vergraben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergraben in German?
vergraben appears 3.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).