grap

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, from Proto-Germanic *grabą (“grave”). Cognate with German Grab, English grave.

Noun

grap n (plural gréebar)

  1. (Sette Comuni) grave, tomb
    De gréebar hobüutent d'ögnarn tòoten. ― Tombs guard our dead.

References
  • “grap” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Etymology

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

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

Noun

grap f (plural grappen, diminutive grapje n)

  1. joke

Derived terms

See also

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German grap

Noun

grap n (genitive grabes, plural grap 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.

Declension
Declension of grap (neuter, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ grap diu grap
genitive eines dës grabes dër grabe
dative einem dëm grabe dën graben
accusative ein daȥ grap diu grap
Declension of grap (neuter, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ grap diu greber
genitive eines dës grabes dër greber
dative einem dëm grabe dën grebern
accusative ein daȥ grap diu greber

Descendants
  • Central Franconian: Grav, Jrav
    Hunsrik: Graab
    Luxembourgish: Graf
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: grap
  • East Central German:
    Vilamovian: graob, grob
  • East Franconian:
  • German: Grab
  • Rhine Franconian: Grab
    Frankfurterisch: [krɑːp], (plural) [kʀεːvæ̆]
  • Yiddish: גרוב (grub)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graipu, from Proto-Germanic *graipō, related to *grīpaną (“to grasp, grab”).

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
Declension of grap (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative grāp grāpa, grāpe
accusative grāpe grāpa, grāpe
genitive grāpe grāpa
dative grāpe grāpum

Descendants

Old High German

Noun

grap n

  1. Alternative form of grab

Descendants
  • Middle High German: grap
    • Central Franconian: Grav, Jrav
      Hunsrik: Graab
      Luxembourgish: Graf
    • Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: grap
    • East Central German:
      Vilamovian: graob, grob
    • East Franconian:
    • German: Grab
    • Rhine Franconian: Grab
      Frankfurterisch: [krɑːp], (plural) [kʀεːvæ̆]
    • Yiddish: גרוב (grub)
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