grap

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

grap f (plural grappen, diminutive grapje n)

  1. joke

Derived terms

See also


Middle High German

Noun

grap n (genitive grabes, plural grap or grabe 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.

Descendants


Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *graipō. Cognate with Middle Low German grēpe, Middle Dutch grepe (Dutch greep), Old High German greifa, Old Norse greip (Swedish grep).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɑːp/

Noun

grāp f

  1. grip, grasp, clutches

Declension

Descendants


Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (grave, trench, ditch), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (to dig, scratch, scrape). Compare Old Saxon graf (Low German Graf, Graff), Dutch graf, Old English græf (English grave), Old Frisian gref (West Frisian grêf), Old Norse grǫf (Danish grav, Icelandic gröf), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (graba).

Noun

grap n

  1. grave
  2. tomb

Descendants

  • Middle High German: grap
    • Central Franconian: Jrav
    • German: Grab
    • Luxembourgish: Graf
    • Yiddish: גרוב (grub)
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