Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person employed to dig graves.

    Totengräber

    моги́льщикmogílʹščik, гробокопа́тельgrobokopátelʹ

    моги́льникmohýlʹnyk, гроба́рhrobár

    a person who earns a living by digging graves

  2. A necrophore, or burying beetle.

    Totengräber

    моги́льникmohýlʹnyk

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is a gravedigger.

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  2. Tom was a gravedigger.

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  3. The gravedigger was left by an avalanche.

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  4. Should I call a gravedigger or an ambulance?

    deSoll ich einen Totengräber oder einen Krankenwagen rufen?

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  5. In the past, the gravedigger would dig graves by hand, transport bodies with ox-drawn carts, and maintain the tombs.

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Translations

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Origin

From grave + digger.

From grave + digger.

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Forms

plural: gravediggers
Singulargravedigger
Pluralgravediggers

regular

Word family

1 related words
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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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