gravierend
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editParticiple of Middle High German gravieren (“to burden”), from Latin gravāre, gravō (“I burden”), from gravis (“heavy”).[1]
Adjective
editgravierend (strong nominative masculine singular gravierender, comparative gravierender, superlative am gravierendsten)
- (higher register) grave, serious
- Synonym: schwerwiegend
- ein gravierendes Problem ― a serious problem
- 2023 February 15, “Konzernweiter IT-Ausfall bei der Lufthansa führt zu Flugausfällen”, in Der Spiegel[1], →ISSN:
- Deutschlands größte Airline muss zahlreiche Flüge streichen. Grund sind offenbar gravierende Probleme mit den IT-Systemen des Konzerns, teilte das Unternehmen mit. Tausende Passagiere sind betroffen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editPositive forms of gravierend
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Related terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
editgravierend
- present participle of gravieren (“to engrave”)
References
edit- ^ “gravierend” in Duden online
Further reading
edit- “gravierend” in Duden online
- “gravierend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “gravierend”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 276
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