Rap

See also: rap, RAP, ráp, rấp, rắp, rập, and гар

English

Pronunciation
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Proper noun

Rap

  1. (slang, attributive) The Rapaport Diamond Report, the diamond industry standard for the pricing of diamonds.
    • 1996, Jewelers' Circular/Keystone, volume 167, numbers 4-6, page 38:
      He makes good sense. However, I must comment on "CSO prices rough diamonds to its sightholders based on the Rap List." It does not. It doesn't use the list.
    • 2017, Herman Neuman, Secrets of Diamonds:
      Soon after the Diamond Certificate came into being, Mr Martin Rapaport edited and published a regular weekly paper based on these official certificates. […] The Rap price is usually way off sometimes by as much as 30% or more.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁæp/ (official standard, but virtually non-existent)
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ʁɛp/ (most common Germanised pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /ɹɛp/ (many speakers, approximating English pronunciation)
  • Homophone: Wrap (not always)
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

Rap m (strong, genitive Raps, plural Raps)

  1. (uncountable) rap, rap music (music style)
  2. (countable) rap (song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music)

Declension
Declension of Rap [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Rap die Raps
genitive eines des Raps der Raps
dative einem dem Rap den Raps
accusative einen den Rap die Raps

Further reading
  • “Rap” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Rap” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Rap” in Duden online
  • “Rap” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Rap on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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