UrsprungFrom Old Swedish grava, græva, from Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ-.
- to dig (make a hole in the ground, along with similar sense extensions to English)
“Nisse grävde ett hål i marken med en spade” — Nisse dug a hole in the ground with a shovel
“gräva ner en skattkista” — bury ("dig down") a treasure chest
“gräva upp en skattkista” — dig up a treasure chest
- to dig into, to dig (do research)
“gräva i någons förflutna” — dig into ("dig in") someone's past
“gräva fram information” — dig up information
- to investigate
“grävande journalistik” — investigative ("digging") journalism
Formergräver(present) · grävde(preterite) · grävt(supine) · gräv(imperative) · gräva(active, infinitive) · grävas(infinitive, passive) · grävt(active, supine) · grävts(passive, supine) · gräv(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · gräven(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · gräver(active, indicative, present) · grävde(active, indicative, past) · grävs(indicative, passive, present) · gräves(indicative, passive, present) · grävdes(indicative, passive, past) · gräva(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · grävde(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · grävas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)