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grob

Pronunciation: /ɡʁoːp/

“grob” is a German word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. coarse, rough
  2. uncouth, rude, crude, ill-defined

Etymology

From Middle High German grob, grop, from Old High German grob, girob, of uncertain origin. Compare also Low German groff, Dutch grof, Saterland Frisian groaf, and English gruff. Per Kroonen, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewbʰ- (“to grind”). If so, then related to Old High German griobo (“twigs, kindling, firewood”), from…

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