German of the day: Graben December 15, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: German, Germany, Language, Military, Poland, Russia, Soldiers, Tanks, Trenches Leave a comment That means trenches. Coincidentally, that also means graves (das Grab). German troops to dig trenches on Poland’s borders – Anti-tank barriers to be built on frontiers with Belarus and Russia as Moscow ramps up pressure on Nato airspace.