erbe

From Old High German erben, from erbi (“heritage”), from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją. Cognate with German erben, Dutch erven.

erbe

1. (Uri) to inherit

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.

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erbe

1. inflection of erben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.be/
• Rhymes: -ɛrbe
• Hyphenation: èr‧be

erbe f pl (plural only)

1. plural of erba
2. vegetables (plants raised for their edible leaves)
3. greens (green vegetables)

• Eber, bere, ebre, rebe

erbe

1. Alternative form of herbe

• herbe

From Latin herba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾbə/
• Homophone: herbe

erbe oblique singular, f (oblique plural erbes, nominative singular erbe, nominative plural erbes)

1. grass
2. herb (plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine)

• French: herbe
  • Haitian Creole: zèb
• → Middle English: herbe, eerbe, erbe, ȝerbe, oerbe, yerbe
  • English: herb (dialectal yerb)
  • Scots: herb, yerb
• Volapük: yeb
• Walloon: yebe