Etymology

graben

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Today it means: An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area. Full definition →

German Graben
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  1. German · borrowed fromGraben“ditch”
  2. English todaygraben

Borrowed from German Graben (“ditch”), from the verb graben (“to dig”).

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