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gravestone
A worked stone placed on a grave, usually bearing the name and dates of the deceased person.
Auf dem alten Grabstein war die Inschrift kaum noch zu entziffern.
The inscription on the old gravestone was barely decipherable anymore.
The word is a simple compound made up of 'das Grab' (grave) and 'der Stein' (stone). So it literally means 'a stone on a grave'.
Der Friedhof war voll mit alten, bemoosten Grabsteinen.
The cemetery was full of old, moss-covered gravestones.
Common verbs are 'einen Grabstein aufstellen' (to put up a gravestone) or 'errichten' (to erect). People also often speak of the 'Inschrift auf dem Grabstein' (inscription on the gravestone).
Die Familie hat einen schlichten Grabstein für die Verstorbene aufstellen lassen.
The family had a simple gravestone put up for the deceased woman.
To describe what is written on the stone, you use the construction 'Auf dem Grabstein steht/standen ...' (On the gravestone it says/said ...).
Auf dem Grabstein standen nur der Name und die Jahreszahlen.
On the gravestone were only the name and the years.
tomb
A Grabstein and a Grabmal commemorate the dead and stand over a grave. A Grabstein is a worked stone, usually with an inscription. A Grabmal, by contrast, is a larger or more artistically designed structure or monument.
Auf dem Grab steht ein schlichter Grabstein mit dem Namen und den Lebensdaten der Verstorbenen.
A simple gravestone bearing the deceased woman’s name and dates of life stands on the grave.
Über dem Grab erhebt sich ein großes, kunstvoll gestaltetes Grabmal aus Stein.
A large, artistically designed stone tomb rises above the grave.
