See also: Rauben

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German rouben, from Old High German roubōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁaʊ̯bm̩], [ˈʁaʊ̯bən]
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  • Hyphenation: rau‧ben

Verb edit

rauben (weak, third-person singular present raubt, past tense raubte, past participle geraubt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to rob, to steal (criminal act)
  2. (figuratively) to rob, to deprive
    • 1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:
      Der Zerfall des Römerreiches raubte der Stadt Rom die alte Stellung als Mittelpunkt alles Geschehens.
      The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.
  3. to take away

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • rauben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • rauben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • rauben” in Duden online
  • rauben” in OpenThesaurus.de