Cimbrian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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grap n (plural gréebar)

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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grap f (plural grappen, diminutive grapje n)

  1. joke
    Synonyms: grol, fattoe, mop

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German grap

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡrap/

Noun

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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.

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Descendants

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  • 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

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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grāp f

  1. grip, grasp, clutches

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Old High German

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Noun

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grap n

  1. Alternative form of grab

Descendants

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  • 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)