 | English | German  | |
| – | |
 | pit [large hole in the ground; also: gravel pit, coal pit] | 2032 Grube {f} [Vertiefung in der Erde; auch: Kiesgrube, Kohlenbergwerk] | |
| pothole [deep hole, pit] | 312 Grube {f} [tiefes Loch] | |
| mining mine | 85 Grube {f} | |
| ecol. (waste-disposal) dump | Grube {f} [Abfallgrube] | |
| open grave | Grube {f} [veraltend] [noch offenes Grab] | |
| 2 Words |
| mining abandoned mine | aufgelassene Grube {f} | |
| mining closed-down mine | aufgelassene Grube {f} | |
| geol. UWH Messel Pit Fossil Site | Grube Messel {f} | |
| anat. hepatorenal pouch [Morison's pouch] | Morison-Grube {f} | |
| anat. Morison's pouch | Morison-Grube {f} | |
| anat. pouch of Morison | Morison-Grube {f} | |
| anat. hepatorenal recess of subhepatic space [Recessus hepatorenalis recessus subhepatici] | Morison-Grube {f} | |
| anat. Rosenmüller's fossa [Recessus pharyngeus] [also: Rosenmüller fossa] | Rosenmüller-Grube {f} | |
| anat. fossa of Rosenmüller <FOR> [Recessus pharyngeus] | Rosenmüller-Grube {f} | |
| 3 Words |
| to dig a pit | eine Grube ausheben | |
| mining to abandon a mine | eine Grube stilllegen [auflassen, aufgeben] | |
| 4 Words |
| idiom to give up the ghost [archaic] [die] | in die Grube fahren [ugs.] | |
| 5+ Words |
| proverb Harm set, harm get. | Wer anderen eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein. | |
| proverb Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. | Wer anderen eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein. | |
| proverb The biter will be bitten. | Wer andern / anderen eine Grube gräbt, (der) fällt selbst hinein. | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| film F The Pit [Lew Lehman] | Die Grube des Grauens | |
| lit. F The Pit and the Pendulum [Edgar Allan Poe] | Die Grube und das Pendel | |
| lit. F Where Old Bones Lie [Ann Granger] | Wer andern eine Grube gräbt | |
