gräver

Gräver is a Swedish verb meaning to dig. It is the present tense form of gräva, used for physical digging as well as metaphorical digging into information or a topic. The verb can describe actions such as excavating soil, creating holes, or removing material with a tool or machine. In figurative use, gräva can mean to delve into a subject, rummage through something, or uncover details.

Gräva is conjugated as follows in common tenses: infinitive gräva, present gräver, past tense grävde, supine grävt. The imperative form is gräv. The present participle is grävande, used to form verb phrases or as an adjective in descripive phrases (for example, grävande arbete, digging work). The verb can appear in constructions with adverbs or prepositions such as gräva ner (to dig down), gräva upp (to dig up), gräva i (to rummage through or delve into), and gräva fram (to uncover or bring to light).

Etymology and related forms: gräva derives from the Old Norse grafa and is related to other Germanic cognates involving digging or excavating. Related nouns include grävare (a person who digs) and grävmaskin (excavator). Common compound phrases include gräva hål (dig a hole), gräva djupt (dig deeply into a topic), and gräva ner sig i arbete (bury oneself in work), illustrating both its literal and figurative uses.

See also: grävare, grävmaskin, grävning, gräva i, gräva upp.