Declension of German noun Gruft with plural and article

The most important forms of "Gruft" are: genitive singular "Gruft" and nominative plural "Grüfte". “Gruft” is declined with the strong declension. The endings are -/ü-e. In the plural, an umlaut occurs. “Gruft” is feminine. The article is “die Gruft”. “Gruft” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Gruft but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · feminine · irregular · -,¨-e

die Gruft

Gruft · Grüfte

Endings -/ü-e   Plural with umlaut  

English crypt, tomb, burial vault, grave, vault

/ɡʁuːft/ · /ɡʁuːft/ · /ɡʁyftə/

gemauerter Raum, in dem der Sarg bestattet wird; Grabgewölbe, Grabkammer, Totengruft

» Viele Grüfte sind geöffnet und offenbar ausgeraubt. English Many tombs are opened and apparently robbed.

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Declension of Gruft in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dieGruft
Gen. derGruft
Dat. derGruft
Acc. dieGruft

Plural

Nom. dieGrüfte
Gen. derGrüfte
Dat. denGrüften
Acc. dieGrüfte
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Examples

Example sentences for Gruft

  • Viele Grüfte sind geöffnet und offenbar ausgeraubt. 
    English Many tombs are opened and apparently robbed.
  • Auch die neue Gruft ist schon geweiht. 
    English The new crypt is already consecrated.
  • Der Schild, den ihr sucht, ist in der Gruft . 
    English The shield you're looking for is in the crypt.
  • Hochgestellte Persönlichkeiten wurden und werden in Grüften beigesetzt. 
    English High-ranking individuals were and are buried in crypts.
  • Die im Foto zu sehende Gruft wurde zur Barockzeit unter der Vierung des Domes eingerichtet. 
    English The crypt visible in the photo was established during the Baroque period under the crossing of the cathedral.
  • Romantische Todessehnsucht, in der Gruft der Ahnen theatralisch ausgespielt, und alberner Studentenulk scheinen zwar extreme Gegensätze. 
    English Romantic longing for death, theatrically played out in the crypt of the ancestors, and silly student antics seem to be extreme contrasts.
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Translation of German Gruft

German Gruft
English crypt, tomb, burial vault, grave, vault
Russian склеп, надгробный памятник, усыпа́льница
Spanish sepulcro, tumba, cripta, fosa
French caveau, crypt, tombe, tombeau
Turkish aile kabri, gömü, kubbeli türbe, mezar, türbe
Portuguese cripta, jazigo, sepulcro, tumba, túmulo
Italian cripta, tomba, avello, sepolcro
Romanian cavou, criptă, crypte, mormânt
Hungarian kripta, sírbolt, sírkamra
Polish krypta, grobowiec, grota
Greek κρύπτη, τάφος
Dutch graf, grafkelder, crypte, groeve
Czech hrobka
Swedish gravkor, gravvalv, krypta, gravkammare
Danish grav, gravkammer, krypt
Japanese 墓所, 納骨堂
Catalan crypta, tomba
Finnish hautakammio, krypta
Norwegian gravkammer, krypt
Basque hilerria, tumba
Serbian grobnica, гробница
Macedonian гробница
Slovenian grobnica, mašna
Slowakisch hrobka, mauzóleum
Bosnian grobnica, sarkofag
Croatian grobnica, sarkofag
Ukrainian склеп
Bulgarian гробница, склеп
Belorussian склеп
Indonesian kripta
Vietnamese hầm mộ
Uzbek qabrxona
Hindi कब्रगृह
Chinese 墓室
Thai ห้องฝังศพ
Korean 묘실
Azerbaijani kripta
Georgian ქრიპტი
Bengali কবরঘর
Albanian kripta
Marathi कब्रगृह
Nepali कब्रगृह
Telugu కబర్గృహం
Latvian kripta
Tamil கல்லறை
Estonian krüpt
Armenian կրիպտ
Kurdish qabrxane
Hebrewקבר
Arabicقبر، مدفن في قبو
Persianمقبره، گورستان
Urduقبریں، مقبرہ

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Meanings and synonyms of Gruft
  • gemauerter Raum, in dem der Sarg bestattet wird, Grabgewölbe, Grabkammer, Totengruft
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Gruft"

The noun “Gruft” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Gruft” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Gruft" declined?

“Gruft” is feminine. The article is “die Gruft”.

Is “Gruft” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Gruft” is feminine. The article is “die Gruft”.

What is the singular of "Gruft"?

The singular of “Gruft” is: die Gruft. The singular forms are: die Gruft (nominative), der Gruft (genitive), der Gruft (dative) and die Gruft (accusative).

What is the plural of “Gruft”?

The singular of “Gruft” is: die Grüfte. The singular forms are: die Grüfte (nominative), der Grüfte (genitive), den Grüften (dative) and die Grüfte (accusative).

At what language level is “Gruft” used?

“Gruft” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Gruft”?

In the plural, an umlaut occurs.

The declension of Gruft as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Gruft is crucial.

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