See also: Reiben

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German rīben, from Old High German rīban, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīban, from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną.

Cognate with Hunsrik reive, Dutch wrijven, Alemannic German riibe. Compare English ribald.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯bm̩/, /ˈʁaɪ̯bən/
  • Hyphenation: rei‧ben
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Verb edit

reiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present reibt, past tense rieb, past participle gerieben, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to rub; to chafe
    sich die Augen reibento rub one’s eyes
    • 2003, Obsidian Voice, Schatten der Vergangenheit:
      Ich reib mir die Augen mit Zucker und Lügen / und taumle bewußtlos während ich lache.
      I rub my eyes with sugar and lies / and stagger senseless as I laugh.
  2. (transitive) to grate
    Äpfel reibento grate apples

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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