gravest

[US]/ɡreɪv/
[UK]/ɡreɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ein Begräbnisplatz
adj. ernst; feierlich; würdevoll

Phrases & Collocations

graveyard

Friedhof

watery grave

wassergrab

grave concern

ernste Besorgnis

mass grave

Massengrab

Example Sentences

a grave fault in a theory

ein schwerwiegender Fehler in einer Theorie

a grave decision in a time of crisis.

eine schwerwiegende Entscheidung in einer Zeit der Krise.

a matter of grave concern.

eine Frage großer Besorgnis.

an omen of grave portent for the tribe.

ein Omen von großer Bedeutung für den Stamm.

commit a grave indiscretion

einen schwerwiegenden Fehltritt begehen

He is austere and grave in deportment.

Er ist nüchtern und ernst in seinem Auftreten.

Grave damnum, gravis dolor, grave totum.

Grave damnum, gravis dolor, grave totum.

faced the grave with calm resignation.

Das Grab mit ruhiger Gelassenheit akzeptierend.

there is a grave danger of mythologizing the past.

Es besteht die Gefahr, die Vergangenheit zu mythologisieren.

Robbing graves is grisly.

Das Plündern von Gräbern ist schauerlich.

a grave smothered in flowers

ein Grab, das mit Blumen bedeckt ist

His grave is made of granite.

Sein Grab ist aus Granit gemacht.

The old man's grave is made of granite.

Das Grab des alten Mannes ist aus Granit gemacht.

This heavy rain could have grave consequences.

Dieser starke Regen könnte schwerwiegende Folgen haben.

he went to his grave a broken man.

Er starb als gebrochener Mann.

a grave procession.See Synonyms at serious

ein feierlicher Zug. Siehe Synonyme unter ernst

more than 300 graves were desecrated.

Mehr als 300 Gräber wurden entweiht.

Real-world Examples

Her screams are such that would scream the dead out of their graves.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

This is Lena standing on Jake's grave.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

I shall be silent as the grave.

Source: Game of Thrones Season 2

" No, " said Mr. Weasley, looking extremely grave.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

O'er the grave where our hero we buried.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

They call procrastination the grave where opportunity is buried.

Source: Harvard Business Review

Why had the Nautilus come to visit its grave?

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

" Then swear it now, upon your father's grave" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

And it was found in Belinda Smoot's grave.

Source: English little tyrant

" You couldn't have broken into Dumbledore's grave."

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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