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grap

Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, from Proto-Germanic *grabą (“grave”). Cognate with German Grab, English grave.

Noun edit

grap n (plural gréebar)

  1. (Sette Comuni) grave, tomb
    De gréebar hobüutent d'ögnarn tòoten. ― Tombs guard our dead.

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References edit

  • “grap” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Related to grijpen. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣrɑp/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: grap
  • Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun edit

grap f (plural grappen, diminutive grapje n)

  1. joke

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See also edit

Middle High German edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German grap

Noun edit

grap n (genitive grabes, plural grap or greber)

  1. grave
    • 12-13th century. In: Tristan von Meister Gotfrit von Straszburg mit der Fortsetzung des Meisters Ulrich von Turheim in zwey Abtheilungen herausgegeben von E. von Groote, Berlin, 1821, page 387:
      Ist ez, als i'z vernomen habe,
      Ich wene, so waren der grabe zwei.

Declension edit

Declension of grap (neuter, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ grap diu grap
genitive eines dës grabes dër grabe
dative einem dëm grabe dën graben
accusative ein daȥ grap diu grap
Declension of grap (neuter, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ grap diu greber
genitive eines dës grabes dër greber
dative einem dëm grabe dën grebern
accusative ein daȥ grap diu greber

Descendants edit

  • Central Franconian: Grav, Jrav
    Hunsrik: Graab
    Luxembourgish: Graf
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: grap
  • East Central German:
    Vilamovian: graob, grob
  • East Franconian:
  • German: Grab
  • Rhine Franconian: Grab
    Frankfurterisch: [krɑːp], (plural) [kʀεːvæ̆]
  • Yiddish: גרוב (grub)

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *graipu, from Proto-Germanic *graipō, related to *grīpaną (“to grasp, grab”).

Cognate with Middle Low German grēpe, Middle Dutch grepe (Dutch greep), Old High German greifa, Old Norse greip (Swedish grep).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

grāp f

  1. grip, grasp, clutches

Declension edit

Declension of grap (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative grāp grāpa, grāpe
accusative grāpe grāpa, grāpe
genitive grāpe grāpa
dative grāpe grāpum

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Descendants edit

Old High German edit

Noun edit

grap n

  1. Alternative form of grab

Descendants edit

  • Middle High German: grap
    • Central Franconian: Grav, Jrav
      Hunsrik: Graab
      Luxembourgish: Graf
    • Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: grap
    • East Central German:
      Vilamovian: graob, grob
    • East Franconian:
    • German: Grab
    • Rhine Franconian: Grab
      Frankfurterisch: [krɑːp], (plural) [kʀεːvæ̆]
    • Yiddish: גרוב (grub)
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