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Where does “grob” come from?

grob (German) comes from Old High German grob — coarse.

grob (German): coarse, rough; uncouth, rude, crude

Definitions

  1. coarse, rough; uncouth, rude, crude

Ancestry of “grob”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangrobcoarse

Words derived from “grob”

  • grobianus
  • grobianisch
  • Grobian
  • Grobkörnigkeit
  • grobkörnig
  • grobporig
  • grobgemahlen
  • grobian
  • grobian
Every word from Old High German grob →