Grippe

See also: grippe and grippé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French grippe (“influenza”), from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, whence German greifen. Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁɪpə/

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Noun

Grippe f (genitive Grippe, plural Grippen)

1. flu; influenza; grippe.

   Synonym: (medical) Influenza

Declension

Declension of Grippe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Grippe	die	Grippen
genitive	einer	der	Grippe	der	Grippen
dative	einer	der	Grippe	den	Grippen
accusative	eine	die	Grippe	die	Grippen

Derived terms

• grippal
• Grippeimpfung
• grippoid
• grippig
• Schweinegrippe
• vergrippt
• Vogelgrippe

Further reading

• “Grippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Grippe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Grippe” in Duden online