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grap

grap

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑp
  • IPA(key): /ɣrɑp/

Noun

grap f (plural grappen, diminutive grapje n)

  1. joke

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Old English

Noun

grāp f

  1. grip, grasp, clutches

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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 graba (graba).

Noun

grap n

  1. grave
  2. tomb

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