Trespe
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trefs, trefse, later trebse and variants, from Proto-Germanic *drab, *dreb, probably related to *drabaz (“dregs”).[1]
As in Wespe (“wasp”), forms with -sp- are found chiefly in northern, Low and Central German, varieties; compare Middle Low German drespe. Related to Dutch dravik.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Trespe f (genitive Trespe, plural Trespen)
- cheat grass; bromegrass; chess (kind of grass growing in fields of corn or grain)
Declension edit
Declension of Trespe [feminine]
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dravik”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute