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rofe
rofe
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- rufe (southern Moselle Franconian)
Verb
rofe (third-person singular present röf or reeft, past tense reef, past participle jerofe or gerofe)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to call; to shout
- Zint Mäthes es att widder hee.
- Wann hä us röf: mir senn att hee!
- St. Martin is back here again.
- When he calls us, we’re already there. (Lines from a popular St. Martin’s song)
Usage notes
- The past tense is chiefly restricted to Ripuarian. Otherwise the forms röf; jerofe are Ripuarian, while reeft; gerofe are Moselle Franconian.